Letter to the Editor concerning "Development of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with neck pain likely to benefit from cervical traction and exercise" by Raney N et al. (2009) Eur Spine J 18:382-391

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 833-

  Schellingerhout, Jasper M ^a   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ERROR; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACTION THERAPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; TRACTION;

EID: 77954539539     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1322-0     Document Type: Letter

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