A consensus approach toward the standardization of back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-103

  Dionne, Clermont E ^a,b,c   Dunn, Kate M ^c   Croft, Peter R ^c   Nachemson, Alf L ^d   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^d   Walker, Bruce F ^d   Wyatt, Mary ^d   Cassidy, J David ^d   Rossignol, Michel ^d   Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^d   Hartvigsen, Jan ^d   Leino Arjas, Päivi ^d   Latza, Ute ^d   Reis, Shmuel ^d   Gil Del Real, Maria Teresa ^d   Kovacs, Francisco M ^d   Öberg, Birgitta ^d   Cedraschi, Christine ^d   Bouter, Lex M ^d   Koes, Bart W ^d   Picavet, H Susan J ^d   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^d   Burton, Kim ^d   Foster, Nadine E ^d   MacFarlane, Gary J ^d   Thomas, Elaine ^d   Underwood, Martin ^d   Waddell, Gordon ^d   Shekelle, Paul ^d   Volinn, Ernest ^d   Von Korff, Michael ^d   more..

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Hôpital du Saint Sacrement ^*

Author keywords

Back pain; Consensus; Definitions; Delphi study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 37649021179     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815e7f94     Document Type: Article

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