The reliability of nonorganic sign-testing and the waddell score in patients with chronic low back pain

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 821-826

  Apeldoorn, Adri T ^a   Bosselaar, Henk ^a   Blom Luberti, Tanja ^a   Twisk, Jos W R ^b,c   Lankhorst, Gustaaf J ^b  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral symptoms; Low back pain; Nonorganic signs; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NONORGANIC SIGN TESTING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION; RELIABILITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WADDELL SCORE;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41749099710     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318169502a     Document Type: Article

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