Evaluation of a multi-disciplinary back pain rehabilitation programme-individual and group perspectives

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-366

  Baird, Andrew ^a   Worral, Lisa ^b   Haslam, Cheryl ^c   Haslam, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinically significant change; Low back pain; Rehabilitation; Reliable Change Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 41149163069     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-008-9315-8     Document Type: Article

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