Older adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain are at increased risk of recurrent falls and the brief pain inventory could help identify those most at risk

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 881-888

  Stubbs, Brendon ^a   Eggermont, Laura ^b   Patchay, Sandhi ^a   Schofield, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community dwelling older adults; Falls; Falls screening tool; Musculoskeletal pain; Recurrent falls

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; FALLING; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84933515681     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12357     Document Type: Article

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