Pain regulation and health-related quality of life after thoracolumbar fractures of the spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1925-1933

  Briem, Daniel ^a,c   Behechtnejad, Aryan ^a   Ouchmaev, Alexander ^a   Morfeld, Matthias ^a   Schermelleh Engel, Karin ^b   Amling, Michael ^a   Rueger, Johannes M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c University of Medical School Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fracture; Outcome; Quality of life; Spine; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36148979029     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0395-x     Document Type: Article

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