Outcome assessment in low back pain: How low can you go?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1014-1026

  Mannion, Anne F ^a,b   Elfering, Achim ^c   Staerkle, Ralph ^d   Junge, Astrid ^a   Grob, Dieter ^a   Semmer, Norbert K ^c   Jacobshagen, Nicola ^c   Dvorak, Jiri ^a   Boos, Norbert ^d  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Outcome measures; Psychometric properties; Spine surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 29144463329     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-005-0911-9     Document Type: Article

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