A German version of the extended aberdeen back pain scale: Development and evaluation

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-577

  Osthus, Holger ^a   Cziske, Reinhard ^b   Jacobi, Eckart ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitation Research Centre   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back pain; Cervical pain; Chronic pain; Low back pain; Outcome measurement; Rehabilitation; Upper back pain

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABERDEEN BACK PAIN SCALE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG USE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WEAKNESS; ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645511256     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000201301.36444.c4     Document Type: Article

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