Implementation of a multidisciplinary program for active duty personnel seeking care for low back pain in a U.S. Navy medical center: A feasibility study

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1075-1080

  Campello, Marco ^a   Ziemke, Gregg ^b   Hiebert, Rudi ^a   Weiser, Sherri ^a   Brinkmeyer, Mary ^b   Fox, Bryan ^b   Dail, Jessica ^c   Kerr, Stewart ^b   Hinnant, Ivan ^b   Nordin, Margareta ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^c BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866357410     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00118     Document Type: Article

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