Chronic back pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in a control population: Prevalence and disability-a 5-year follow-up

Rheumatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1635-1639

  Neva, Marko H ^a   Häkkinen, Arja ^b,c   Isomäki, Pia ^a,d   Sokka, Tuulikki ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disability; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 80051938339     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker173     Document Type: Article

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