Design of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1361-1372

  Birkmeyer, Nancy J O ^a   Weinstein, James N ^a   Tosteson, Anna N A ^a   Tosteson, Tor D ^a   Skinner, Jonathan S ^b   Lurie, Jon D ^a   Deyo, Richard ^c   Wennberg, John E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Intervertebral herniated disc; Low back pain; Observational cohort; Outcomes; Randomized controlled trial; Sciatica; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CELECOXIB; CODEINE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; DIFLUNISAL; ETODOLAC; FLUOXETINE; FLURBIPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NAPROXEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PIROXICAM; PREDNISONE; ROFECOXIB; SULINDAC; TOLMETIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037096604     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200206150-00020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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