Pain in Postsurgical Orthopedic Rehabilitation: A Multicenter Study

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 769-776

  Padua, Luca ^a,b   Aprile, Irene ^b   Cecchi, Francesca ^b   Molino Lova, Raffaele ^b   Arezzo, Maria Felice ^c   Pazzaglia, Costanza ^b   Bacchini, Massimo ^d   Bondi, Stefano ^d   Cattaneo, Davide ^d   Santis, Fabio De ^d   Forni, Marco ^d   Galeri, Silvia ^d   Maiolatesi, Michele ^d   Manenti, Carla ^d   Minciotti, Ileana ^d   Montesano, Angelo ^d   Pellegrino, Anna Rita ^d   Pierani, Stefano ^d   Popolizio, Arcangelo ^d   Romanelli, Antonella ^d   Rossi, Michele ^d   Russo, Giuseppina ^d   more..

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Lower limb; Orthopedic; Pain; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 84862510536     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01395.x     Document Type: Article

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