Function after spinal treatment, exercise and rehabilitation (FASTER): Improving the functional outcome of spinal surgery

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McGregor, Ah ^a   Doré, Cj ^b   Morris, Tp ^b   Morris, S ^c   Jamrozik, K ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NERVE ROOT DECOMPRESSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COUNSELING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FITNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULOPATHY; REHABILITATION; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; TIME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; COUNSELING; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISKECTOMY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAMPHLETS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULOPATHY; REHABILITATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SPINAL STENOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77249104037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-17     Document Type: Article

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