Comparison of stratified primary care management for low back pain with current best practice (STarT Back): A randomised controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9802, 2011, Pages 1560-1571

  Hill, Jonathan C ^a   Whitehurst, David G T ^a,b,c   Lewis, Martyn ^a   Bryan, Stirling ^b,c   Dunn, Kate M ^a   Foster, Nadine E ^a   Konstantinou, Kika ^a   Main, Chris J ^a   Mason, Elizabeth ^a   Somerville, Simon ^a   Sowden, Gail ^a   Vohora, Kanchan ^a   Hay, Elaine M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIUM RISK PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; START BACK SCREENING TOOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80255131287     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60937-9     Document Type: Article

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