The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 62-70 , January 2010

Tender Point Count, Pain, and Mobility in the Older Population: The MOBILIZE Boston Study

  • Laura H.P. Eggermont

      Affiliations

    • Alzheimer's Disease Clinical and Research Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Laura H. P. Eggermont, Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, VU University, Van der Boechorstraat 1, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Robert H. Shmerling

      Affiliations

    • Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Suzanne G. Leveille

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 27 January 2009 ,Revised 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 1 June 2009.

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 Supported by the National Institute on Aging: Research Nursing Home Program Project Grant #P01AG004390 and Rubicon 446-07-002 (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, NWO).

PII: S1526-5900(09)00585-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.06.005

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 62-70 , January 2010

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