Assessment of functional status, low back disability, and use of diagnostic imaging in patients with low back pain and radiating leg pain

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1063-1071

  Ren, Xinhua S ^a,b   Selim, Alfredo J ^a,c   Fincke, Graeme ^a,c   Deyo, Richard A ^d   Linzer, Mark ^e   Lee, Austin ^a,f   Kazis, Lewis ^a,b  

^a Outcomes   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Localized low back pain; Low back disability; Radiating leg pain; Use of diagnostic imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0032887298     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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