Clinical outcomes of early and later physical therapist services for older adults with back pain

Spine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1744-1755

  Rundell, Sean D ^a   Gellhorn, Alfred C ^b   Comstock, Bryan A ^a   J Heagerty, Patrick ^a   Friedly, Janna L ^a   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Comparative effectiveness research; Function; Older adults; Outcomes; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; AGED; BACK PAIN; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938483184     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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