Is Type of compensation a predictor of outcome after lumbar fusion?

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 443-448

  Gum, Jeffrey L ^a   Glassman, Steven D ^a,b   Carreon, Leah Y ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NORTON LEATHERMAN SPINE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation status; Long term disability; Lumbar fusion; Outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RATING SCALE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, DISABILITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84875050595     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318278ebe8     Document Type: Article

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