The clinical course of pain and function in older adults with a new primary care visit for back pain

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 524-530

  Rundell, Sean D ^a,b   Sherman, Karen J ^b   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b   Mock, Charles N ^a,b   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

back pain; disability; older adults; prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; BACK PAIN; COMPLICATION; DISABLED PERSON; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84925304981     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13241     Document Type: Article

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