Discriminative and predictive validity assessment of the Quebec Task Force Classification

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Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 851-857

  Loisel, Patrick ^a,b,e   Vachon, Brigitte ^b   Lemaire, Jacques ^b   Durand, Marie José ^a,b   Poitras, Stéphane ^b   Stock, Susan ^c   Tremblay, Claude ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^c Occup and Environmental Health Unit   (Canada)

^d DSP Montérégie   (Canada)

^e APREVICAP Occupational Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification; Low back pain; Prognosis; Radiating pain; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUEBEC TASK FORCE CLASSIFICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037089306     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200204150-00013     Document Type: Article

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