A validated, practical classification procedure for many persistent low back pain patients

Pain

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-97

  Bendebba, Mohammed ^a   Torgerson, Warren S ^a   Long, Donlin M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Persistent low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SCIATICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034237467     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00278-5     Document Type: Article

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