Three-year incidence of low back pain in an initially asymptomatic cohort: Clinical and imaging risk factors

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1541-1548

  Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b,c   Hollingworth, William ^a,b   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b,c   Haynor, David R ^a   Boyko, Edward J ^b,c   Deyo, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL STENOSIS; VETERANS;

EID: 22144432593     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000167536.60002.87     Document Type: Article

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