Pain in the three spinal regions: The same disorder? Data from a population-based sample of 34,902 Danish adults

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^a,b   Fejer, René ^a,b   Nielsen, Jan ^c   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^b   Hartvigsen, Jan ^b,d  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PENSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL PAIN;

EID: 84863880128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-20-11     Document Type: Article

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