Using a psychosocial subgroup assignment to predict sickness absence in a working population with neck and back pain

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The overall objective was to evaluate the predictive validity of a subgroup classification based on the Swedish version of the MPI, the MPI-S, among gainfully employed workers with neck pain (NP) and/or low back pain (LBP) during a f...

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Main Authors: Jensen Irene, Bodin Lennart, Hagberg Jan, Bergström Cecilia, Bergström Gunnar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/12/81