The centralization phenomenon its usefulness as a predictor of outcome in conservative treatment of chronic low back pain (A pilot study)

Spine

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 1995, Pages 2513-2521

  Long, Audrey L ^a  

^a Brain Injury Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centra I izatign phenomenon; Chronic low back pain; Otitcone prediction; Rehabi iiatiem; Work hardening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRALIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LOW BACK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 0028808067     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199512000-00010     Document Type: Article

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