What triggers an episode of acute low back pain? A case-crossover study

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 403-410

  Steffens, Daniel ^a,b   Ferreira, Manuela L ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   Ferreira, Paulo H ^a   Koes, Bart W ^c   Blyth, Fiona ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Maher, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRIGGER POINT; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE PAIN; AGE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923311092     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22533     Document Type: Article

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