Outpatients with low back pain: An analysis of the rate per day of pain improvement that may be expected and factors affecting improvement

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-260

  Granger, Carl V ^a,c,e   Lackner, Jeffrey M ^b   Kulas, Margaret ^c,d   Russel, Carol F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation   (United States)

^d BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York   (United States)

^e UDSMR   (United States)

Author keywords

Low Back Pain; Outpatient Outcomes; Predicting Recovery Patterns; Psychosocial Factors

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BACK PAIN;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; REMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037379556     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200304000-00001     Document Type: Article

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