Assessing back pain: Does the Oswestry disability questionnaire accurately measure function in ankylosing spondylitis?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1211-1213

  O'Shea, Finbar D ^a   Riarh, Reena ^a   Annepa, Anton ^a   Inman, Robert D ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Back pain; Oswestry disability questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BATH AS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; BATH AS FUNCTIONAL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACK PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953178758     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091240     Document Type: Article

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