Re: Brox JI, Sörensen R, Friis A, et al. Randomized clinical trial of lumbar instrumented fusion and cognitive intervention and exercises in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration. Spine. 2003;28:1913-1921 [1]

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1160-1161

  Hägg, Olle ^a   Fritzell, Peter ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ERROR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; NORWAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442603240     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200405150-00024     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Fritzell P, Hagg O, Wessberg P, et al. 2001 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies: Lumbar fusion versus nonsurgical treatment for chronic low back pain: a multicenter randomized controlled trial from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group. Spine. 2001;26:2521-32.
2. Goossens ME, Evers SM, Vlaeyen JW, et al. Principles of economic evaluation for interventions of chronic musculoskeletal pain. Eur. J Pain. 1999;3:343-53.
3. Hagg O, Fritzell P, Nordwall A. The clinical importance of changes in outcome scores after treatment for chronic low back pain. Eur Spine J. 2003;12:12-20.
4. Holm I, Friis A, Storheim K, et al. Measuring self-reported functional status and pain in patients with chronic low back pain by postal questionnaires: a reliability study. Spine. 2003;28:828-33.