Randomized clinical trial of lumbar instrumented fusion and cognitive intervention and exercises in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1913-1921

  Brox, Jens Ivar ^a   Sørensen, Roger ^a   Friis, Astrid ^a   Nygaard, Øystein ^b   Indahl, Aage ^c   Keller, Anne ^d   Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^e   Eriksen, Hege R ^f   Holm, Inger ^a   Kathrine Koller, Anne ^a   Riise, Rolf ^a   Reikerås, Olav ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Coast Hosp for Phys Med/Rehab ^*  (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Clinical trial; Cognitive; Disc degeneration; Exercises; Fear avoidance beliefs; Lumbar fusion; Randomized

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10744225577     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000083234.62751.7A     Document Type: Article

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