Do Numerical Rating Scales and the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire capture changes that are meaningful to patients with persistent back pain?

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 648-657

  Hush, Julia M ^a   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^a   Sullivan, Gerard ^a   De Souza, Lorraine ^b   McAuley, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77954106259     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215510367975     Document Type: Article

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