Patient-physiotherapist agreement in low back pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 817-828

  Perreault, Kadija ^a,b   Dionne, Clermont E ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional limitations; Pain intensity; Patient physiotherapist agreement; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 28444494092     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2005.07.008     Document Type: Article

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