The STarT back screening tool and individual psychological measures: Evaluation of prognostic capabilities for low back pain clinical outcomes in outpatient physical therapy settings

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 321-333

  Beneciuk, Jason M ^a   Bishop, Mark D ^b   Fritz, Julie M ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^c   Asal, Nabih R ^a   Nisenzon, Anne N ^a   George, Steven Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Clinical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874789433     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120207     Document Type: Article

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