The impact of workers' compensation on outcomes of surgical and nonoperative therapy for patients with a lumbar disc herniation: SPORT

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-97

  Atlas, Steven J ^a   Tosteson, Tor D ^b   Blood, Emily A ^b   Skinner, Jonathan S ^b   Pransky, Glenn S ^c   Weinstein, James N ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Disability; Lumbar disc herniation; Outcomes; Predictors; Sciatica; SPORT; Treatment; Workers'

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NARCOTICS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 76149131001     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181c68047     Document Type: Article

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