Beliefs about low back pain in the Norwegian general population: Are they related to pain experiences and health professionals?

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1770-1776

  Werner, Erik L ^a,f   Ihlebæk, Camilla ^b   Skouen, Jan Sture ^c,d   Lærum, Even ^e  

^a Hospital of Rehabilitation   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e The Norwegian Back Pain Network   (Norway)

^f NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beliefs about low back pain; Experiences; Relation to health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 23244458053     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000171909.81632.fe     Document Type: Article

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