Which are the most important discriminatory items for subclassifying non-specific low back pain? A Delphi study among Greek health professionals

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 542-549

  Billis, Evdokia ^a,b   McCarthy, Christopher J ^c   Gliatis, John ^d   Stathopoulos, Ioannis ^a,e   Papandreou, Maria ^f   Oldham, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^e IKA ETAM   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification; Clinical; Delphi; Discriminatory items; Greek; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PALPATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77952929249     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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