Journal article
Pain and Its Clinical Associations in Individuals With COPD A Systematic Review
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pain is emerging as a clinical complication in COPD, but the clinical impact of this comorbidity and the measurement properties of instruments used to assess pain require evaluation.
METHODS: Electronic searches of five databases were performed up to September 2014 for the two phases of this review. To be included in phase 1, studies reported the clinical associations of pain and prevalence in individuals with COPD. To be included …
Authors
Lee AL; Harrison SL; Goldstein RS; Brooks D
Journal
CHEST Journal, Vol. 147, No. 5, pp. 1246–1258
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2015
DOI
10.1378/chest.14-2690
ISSN
0012-3692