Methods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders: The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders

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Volumn 33, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Carroll, Linda J ^a   Cassidy, J David ^b,c,d   Peloso, Paul M ^e   Giles Smith, Lori ^f   Cheng, C Sam ^g   Greenhalgh, Stephen W ^a   Haldeman, Scott ^h,i   Van Der Velde, Gabrielle ^b,c,d,j   Hurwitz, Eric L ^k   Côté, Pierre ^b,c,d,j   Nordin, Margareta ^l,m   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^b,j   Holm, Lena W ⁿ   Guzman, Jaime ^o,p   Carragee, Eugene J ^q,r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g DOUGLAS COLLEGE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^l NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p Occupational Health and Safety Agency for Healthcare in British Columbia   (Canada)

^q STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^r STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Assessment; Epidemiology; Neck pain; Prognosis; Systematic review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NECK PAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38549179373     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181644b06     Document Type: Article

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