Pain location matters: the impact of leg pain on health care use, work disability and quality of life in patients with low back pain

European Spine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 444-451

  Hider, Samantha L ^a   Whitehurst, David G T ^a,b,c   Thomas, Elaine ^a   Foster, Nadine E ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

EQ 5D; Health care use; Low back pain; Quality of life; Sciatica; Work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPLICATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCIATICA; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION; WORK CAPACITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCIATICA; SELF REPORT; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930067779     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3355-2     Document Type: Article

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