THE IMPORTANCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING IN PREDICTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY

ABSTRACT Objective: The result of treatment of patients with degenerative disc diseases is partly determined by the psychological characteristics of the patients. The aim of this study was to examine the correlations between the psychological scales scores in patients with degenerative lumbar disc...

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Main Authors: Aleksandr V. Krutko, Olga N. Leonova, Eugene A. Cherepanov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC)
Series:Coluna/Columna
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512018000300227&lng=en&tlng=en