Nonorganic physical signs in low-back pain

Spine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1980, Pages 117-125

  Waddell, Gordon ^a   McCulloch, John A ^c   Kummel, Ed ^b   Venner, Robert M ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Workmen’s Compensation Board of Ontario ^*  (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Nonorganic physical signs; Physical pathology; Psychosocial pathology

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MMPI; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SICK ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0018903145     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198003000-00005     Document Type: Article

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