Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 8 , Pages 988-992 , August 2007

Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: Epidemiology and Associated Factors

  • Neil A. Segal, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of Iowa and VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Neil A. Segal, MD, Dept of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Dr, 0728 JPP, Iowa City, IA 52242-1088
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  • David T. Felson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology, Boston University, Boston, MA
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  • James C. Torner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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  • Yanyan Zhu, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology, Boston University, Boston, MA
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  • Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Rheumatology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
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  • Jingbo Niu, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology, Boston University, Boston, MA
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  • Michael C. Nevitt, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Clinical Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
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  • Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study Group

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 Supported by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health (grant no. 5K12HD001097-08) and National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (grant nos. 1 U01 AG18832, 1 U01 AG18820, 1 U01 AG19069, 1 U01 AG18947).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.04.014

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 8 , Pages 988-992 , August 2007

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