Prognostic value of psychological testing in patients undergoing spinal cord stimulation: A prospective study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 301-311

  North, Richard B ^a   Kidd, David H ^a   Wimberly, Robert L ^a   Edwin, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Electrical stimulation; Psychological testing; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SICK ROLE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030003298     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00013     Document Type: Article

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