Responsiveness of Pain, Disability, and Physical Impairment Outcomes in Patients with Low Back Pain

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 879-883

  Pengel, Liset H M ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Maher, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Low back pain; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1842783614     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200404150-00011     Document Type: Article

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