A cross-sectional study correlating degeneration of the cervical spine with disability and pain in United Kingdom patients

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-133

  Peterson, Cynthia ^a   Bolton, Jennifer ^b   Wood, Angela R ^b   Humphreys, B Kim ^a  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical degeneration; Disability; Litigation; Pain; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONICITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SPINE INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK INJURIES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0037439131     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200301150-00007     Document Type: Article

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