Does a patient's physical activity predict recovery from an episode of acute low back pain? A prospective cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hendrick, Paul ^a   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^b   Hale, Leigh ^b   Hurley, Deirdre A ^c   McDonough, Suzanne M ^d   Herbison, Peter ^e   Baxter, G David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Cohort; Physical activity; Predictor; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875859185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-126     Document Type: Article

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