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Transition From Acute to Chronic Pain in Lower Extremity Fracture Patients: A Pain Phenotyping Protocol.
Nursing research - 1 Jan 2000
Griffioen Mari A, Glutting Joseph, O'Toole Robert V, Starkweather Angela R, Lyon Debra, Dorsey Susan G, Renn Cynthia L
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BACKGROUND: Traumatic injury is a major source of chronic pain, particularly for individuals with traumatic fracture of the fibula and/or tibia (lower extremity fracture [LEFx]). Although several factors (e.g., older age, being female, high pain intensity at time of initial injury) have been identified as risk factors for chronic pain associated with LEFx. Comprehensive biopsychosical models to predict the odds...
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