Pain and health status of primary care patients with low back pain

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-192

  Van Den Hoogen, Hans J M ^a,c   Koes, Bart W ^b   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^b   Devillé, Walter ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; Low back pain; pain measurement; physicians, family

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031029074     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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