Clinical outcomes among low back pain consulters with referred leg pain in primary care

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 2168-2175

  Hill, Jonathan C ^a   Konstantinou, Kika ^a   Egbewale, Bolaji E ^a   Dunn, Kate M ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^a   Van Der Windt, Danielle ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohort studies; primary care; referred leg pain; sciatica; subgroup analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, REFERRED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81855175344     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31820712bb     Document Type: Article

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