The Maine Lumbar Spine Study, part I: Background and concepts

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1769-1776

  Keller, Robert B ^a   Atlas, Steven J ^c   Singer, Daniel E ^c   Chapin, Alice M ^b   Mooney, Nancy A ^b   Patrick, Donald L ^d   Deyo, Richard A ^d  

^a Maine Medical Assessment Foundation   (United States)

^b Maine Health Information Center   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior change; cohort study; feedback; lumbar disc surgery; natural history; outcomes research; sciatica; small area variations; spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0029740576     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199608010-00010     Document Type: Article

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