Clinically important outcomes in low back pain

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 593-607

  Ostelo, Raymond W J G ^a,b   de Vet, Henrica C W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam School of Allied Health Education   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Minimally clinically important change; Questionnaires; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK DISABILITY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20344387679     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2005.03.003     Document Type: Review

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