Pain, coping, emotional state and physical function in patients with chronic radicular neck pain. A comparison between patients treated with surgery, physiotherapy or neck collar - A blinded, prospective randomized study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 325-335

  Persson, L C G ^a   Lilja, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NECK; NECK PAIN; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SPINE FUSION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMOTIONS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 0035918573     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280010005567     Document Type: Article

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