Prognosis of patients with nonspecific neck pain: Development and external validation of a prediction rule for persistence of complaints

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Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Schellingerhout, Jasper M ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^b,c   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^d   De Vet, Henrica C W ^b   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

neck pain; prediction rule; prognosis; validation studies; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 77955468870     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d85ad5     Document Type: Article

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