Sitting and standing tolerance in patients with chronic back pain: Comparison between physician prediction and covert observation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 837-839

  Brokaw, Jason P ^a   Walker, William C ^a   Cifu, David X ^a   Gardner, Marie ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Back pain; Disability evaluation; Physical endurance; Rehabilitation; Work schedule tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; SITTING; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANAMNESIS; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; POSTURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942689626     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.09.026     Document Type: Article

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