The role of functional status questionnaires for low back pain

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-38

  Beattie, Paul ^a   Maher, Christopher ^b  

^a ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Backache; Disability evaluation; Quality of life; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030930906     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60400-1     Document Type: Article

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