Core outcome measurement instruments for clinical trials in nonspecific low back pain

Pain

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 481-495

  Chiarotto, Alessandro ^a,b   Boers, Maarten ^a   Deyo, Richard A ^c   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^d,e   Corbin, Terry P ^f   Costa, Leonardo O P ^g   Foster, Nadine E ^h   Grotle, Margreth ^i,j   Koes, Bart W ^k   Kovacs, Francisco M ^l   Christine Lin, C W ^m   Maher, Chris G ^m   Pearson, Adam M ⁿ   Peul, Wilco C ^o   Schoene, Mark L ^p   Turk, Dennis C ^q   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^b   Terwee, Caroline B ^a   Ostelo, Raymond W ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f Back and Neck Review Group ^*  (United States)

^g MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^h KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^j OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^k ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l FEA Medicina Intensiva Hospital Universitario HLA Moncloa   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁿ DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^p University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clinical trials; Core outcome set; Low back pain; Outcome measurement instruments; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CLINICIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST; SHORT FORM 12; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DISABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85048403026     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001117     Document Type: Article

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