Predicting timely recovery and recurrence following multidisciplinary rehabilitation in patients with compensated low back pain

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-240

  Gross, Douglas P ^a   Battié, Michele C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Multidisciplinary rehabilitation; Prediction; Prognosis; Recurrence; Return to work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 14844304628     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000150485.51681.80     Document Type: Article

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