Internet-based aftercare for patients with back pain-A pilot study

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 413-419

  Moessner, Markus ^a   Schiltenwolf, Marcus ^a   Neubauer, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

back pain; e health; rehabilitation; telecommunications; telehealth

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; BACK PAIN; BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; CRITICAL TIME; DAILY LIVES; EHEALTH; INTERNET BASED; PILOT STUDIES; POST TREATMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF-MONITORING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM DEVELOPMENT; TELEHEALTH;

INTERNET; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84864183687     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.0221     Document Type: Article

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