Predictors of pain and function in persons with spinal stenosis, low back pain, and no back pain

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 2950-2957

  Haig, Andrew J ^a,b   Tong, Henry C ^a   Yamakawa, Karen S J ^a   Parres, Christopher ^a   Quint, Douglas J ^a   Chiodo, Anthony ^a   Miner, Jennifer A ^a   Phalke, Vaishali C ^a   Hoff, Julian T ^a   Geisser, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Electromyography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prognosis; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATION VELOCITY AND PAIN DISABILITY INDEX; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SLEEP DISORDER; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33845359904     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000247791.97032.1e     Document Type: Article

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