Cross-cultural adaption of the Manniche questionnaire for German-speaking low back pain patients

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 267-272

  Nuhr, Martin J ^a   Crevenna, Richard ^a   Quittan, Michael ^a   Auterith, Alexandra ^b   Wiesinger, Günther F ^a   Brockow, Thomas ^c   Nuhr, Peter ^d   Fialka Moser, Veronika ^a   Haig, Andrew ^e   Ebenbichler, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Spa Medicine Research Institute ^*  (Germany)

^d Nuhr Zentrum   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

German speaking; Low back pain; Manniche score; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTIONALITY; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 19944426295     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970410031101     Document Type: Article

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