Prognosis of chronic low back pain: design of an inception cohort study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although clinical guidelines generally portray chronic low back pain as a condition with a poor prognosis this portrayal is based on studies of potentially unrepresentative survival cohorts. The aim of this study is to describe the p...

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Main Authors: McAuley James H, Herbert Robert D, Refshauge Kathryn M, Maher Christopher G, Henschke Nicholas, Costa Luciola, Das Anurina, Costa Leonardo OP
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-02-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/8/11