Prevalence of knee pain and its influence on quality of life and physical function in the Korean elderly population: A community based cross-sectional study

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1140-1146

  Kim, In Je ^a   Kim, Hyun Ah ^a   Seo, Young Il ^a   Jung, Young Ok ^a   Song, Yeong Wook ^b   Jeong, Jin Young ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knee pain; Osteoarthritis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80052813884     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.9.1140     Document Type: Article

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