Pain prevalence and its determinants after spinal cord injury: A systematic review

European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-14

  Van Gorp, Sebastiaan ^a   Kessels, A G ^a   Joosten, E A ^a   Van Kleef, M ^a   Patijn, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; PAIN; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; COMPLICATION;

HUMANS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84923267387     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejp.522     Document Type: Review

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