The Influence of No Fault Compensation on Functional Outcomes after Lumbar Spine Fusion

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1140-1147

  Montgomery, Alexander Sheriff ^a   Cunningham, John Edward ^b   Robertson, Peter Alexander ^c  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

back pain; compensation; employment; injuries; literature review; return to work; scoring methods; spinal fusion; spinal stenosis; spondylolisthesis; workers' compensation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR SPINE FUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION; VERY ELDERLY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; BACK; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FUSION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 84938220043     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000966     Document Type: Review

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