Reliability of retrospective clinical data to evaluate the effectiveness of lumbar fusion in chronic low back pain

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 365-368

  Pellisé, Ferran ^a,c   Vidal, Xavier ^a   Hernández, Alejandro ^a   Cedraschi, Christine ^b   Bagó, Joan ^a   Villanueva, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar fusion; Placebo; Prospective; Recall bias; Retrospective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SPINE SURGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 13444270331     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000152096.48237.7c     Document Type: Article

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