Predicting factors of successful recovery from lumbar spine surgery among workers' compensation patients

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 78-83

  Hodges, Scott D ^a   Humphreys, S Craig ^c   Eck, Jason C ^b   Covington, Laurie A ^c   Harrom, Heidi ^c  

^a Foundation for Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Low back pain; Surgery; Workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0035259947     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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