Does minor trauma cause serious low back illness?

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2942-2949

  Carragee, Eugene ^a   Alamin, Todd ^a   Cheng, Ivan ^a   Franklin, Thomas ^a   Hurwitz, Eric ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Compensation; Depression; Disability; Low back pain; Minor trauma; Psychological factors; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFTING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33750502809     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000248429.10963.13     Document Type: Article

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