Predictors of outcome in patients with chronic back pain and low-grade spondylolisthesis

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2030-2035

  Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,f   Ring, David ^b   Scuderi, Gaetano ^c   Cohen, Dan S ^d   Garfin, Steven R ^e  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Research Service and GRECC   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Chronic back pain; Litigation; Secondary gain; Spinal fusion; Spondylolisthesis; Worker's compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0031410286     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199709010-00018     Document Type: Article

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