Pain and high sensitivity C reactive protein in patients with chronic low back pain and acute sciatic pain

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 921-925

  Stürmer, Til ^a,b   Raum, E ^b   Buchner, M ^c   Gebhardt, K ^c   Schiltenwolf, M ^c   Richter, W ^c   Brenner, H ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SCIATICA;

EID: 19544393920     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.027045     Document Type: Article

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