Condition-specific outcome measures for low back pain: Part I: Validation

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 301-313

  Muller U ^a   Duetz, M S ^a   Roeder, C ^a   Greenough, C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Low back pain; Outcome; Review; Spine

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANGUAGE; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4043101907     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-003-0665-1     Document Type: Review

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