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A record review of reported musculoskeletal pain in an Ontario long term care facility

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal (MSK) pain is one of the leading causes of chronic health problems in people over 65 years of age. Studies suggest that a high prevalence of older adults suffer from MSK pain (65% to 80%) and back pain (36% to 40%). The objectives of this study were: 1. To investigate the...

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Autores principales: D'Astolfo, Connie J, Humphreys, B Kim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1435899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16556306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-6-5