Responsiveness of a patient specific outcome measure compared with the oswestry disability index v2.1 and roland and morris disability questionnaire for patients with subacute and chronic low back pain

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2450-2457

  Frost, Helen ^a,b   Lamb, Sarah E ^a   Stewart Brown, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Patient reported outcome measures; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149192155     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818916fd     Document Type: Article

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