Clinical course, characteristics and prognostic indicators in patients presenting with back and leg pain in primary care. the ATLAS study protocol

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Konstantinou, Kika ^a   Beardmore, Ruth ^a   Dunn, Kate M ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^a   Hider, Samantha L ^a   Sanders, Tom ^a   Jowett, Sue ^a   Somerville, Simon ^a   Stynes, Siobhan ^a   Van Der Windt, Danielle Awm ^a   Vogel, Steven ^a   Hay, Elaine M ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE ROOT; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; AGED; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; BACK PAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SCIATICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856005734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-13-4     Document Type: Article

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