Prolonged pain and disability are common after rib fractures

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 511-516

  Fabricant, Loic ^a   Ham, Bruce ^a   Mullins, Richard ^a   Mayberry, John ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Disability; Rib fracture; Thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX WALL;

CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETURN TO WORK; RIB FRACTURES;

EID: 84876276102     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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