Longitudinal quantitative measures of the natural course of low back pain recovery

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1950-1956

  Ferguson, Sue A ^a   Marras, William S ^a   Gupta, Purnendu ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Outcome measures; Prospective; Quantification; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SELF REPORT; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOVEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0034255436     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200008010-00014     Document Type: Article

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