A unidimensional pain/disability measure for low-back pain syndromes

Pain

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-278

  Tesio, Luigi ^a,b   Granger, Carl V ^c   Fiedler, Roger C ^c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotraction; Disability; Low back pain; Measurement; Pain; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031016538     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(96)03268-X     Document Type: Article

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