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24-item Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire was preferred out of six functional status questionnaires for post-lumbar disc surgery

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

A core outcome set for clinical trials on non-specific low back pain: study protocol for the development of a core domain set.

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A critical review of methods used to determine the smallest worthwhile effect of interventions for low back pain

scientific article published on October 19, 2011

A randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of a classification-based system for subacute and chronic low back pain

scientific article published in July 2012

A systematic review on the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine for chronic non-specific low-back pain

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A systematic review on the effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for chronic non-specific low-back pain

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A systematic review on the effectiveness of physical and rehabilitation interventions for chronic non-specific low back pain

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Answer to the letter to the editor of Carl Hans Fürstenberg et al. (2010) concerning manuscript “transforaminal endoscopic surgery for lumbar stenosis: a systematic review” by Jorm Nellensteijn, Raymond Ostelo, Ronald Bartels, Wilco Peul, Barend Van

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Are psychological factors prognostic indicators of outcome in patients with sub-acute neck pain?

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Assessing pain and pain-related fear in acute low back pain: what is the smallest detectable change?

scientific article published in January 2007

Attitudes and beliefs of health care providers: extending the fear-avoidance model.

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Author's Reply to the Letter of Manchikanti and Hirsch, Entitled 'Evolution of the Epidural Treatment of Sciatica Provides Excellent Historic Review with Incomplete Modern Evidence'.

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Behavioral Graded Activity Following First-Time Lumbar Disc Surgery

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Behavioral Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Behavioural treatment for chronic low-back pain

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Behavioural treatment for chronic low-back pain

scientific article (published 2005-01-24)

Can Optimism, Pessimism, Hope, Treatment Credibility and Treatment Expectancy Be Distinguished in Patients Undergoing Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty?

scientific article published on 27 July 2015

Can patient-reported profiles avoid unnecessary referral to a spine surgeon? An observational study to further develop the Nijmegen Decision Tool for Chronic Low Back Pain

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Challenges in using evidence to inform your clinical practice in low back pain

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Choosing the right outcome measurement instruments for patients with low back pain.

scientific article published in December 2016

Clinical guidelines for the management of low back pain in primary care: an international comparison

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Clinical reasoning in unimodal interventions in patients with non-specific neck pain in daily physiotherapy practice, a Delphi study

scientific article published on 02 June 2018

Clinically important outcomes in low back pain.

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Clinimetrics: A core outcome measurement set for low back pain

scientific article published on 30 August 2019

Combining independent decisions increases diagnostic accuracy of reading lumbosacral radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging.

scientific article published on 3 April 2018

Comparing measurement properties of the EQ-5D-3L, ICECAP-O, and ASCOT in frail older adults

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Comparison of the effectiveness of a behavioural graded activity program and manual therapy in patients with sub-acute neck pain: Design of a randomized clinical trial

article by Jan J.M. Pool et al published November 2006 in Manual Therapy

Computed tomography for the diagnosis of lumbar spinal pathology in adult patients with low back pain or sciatica: a diagnostic systematic review.

scientific article published on 14 September 2011

Conservative treatment in patients with an acute lumbosacral radicular syndrome: design of a randomised clinical trial [ISRCTN68857256]

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Core outcome domains for clinical trials in non-specific low back pain

scientific article published on 5 April 2015

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

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Correction to: Disc inflammation and Modic changes show an interaction effect on recovery after surgery for lumbar disc herniation

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Correction: systematic review: do patient expectations influence treatment outcomes in total knee and total hip arthroplasty?

article by Tsjitske M Haanstra et al published 2013 in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Cost-Effectiveness of Physical Therapy and General Practitioner Care for Sciatica

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Cost-Effectiveness of the Transmural Trauma Care Model (TTCM) for the Rehabilitation of Trauma Patients

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Cost-effectiveness of a classification-based system for sub-acute and chronic low back pain

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Cost-effectiveness of combination therapy (Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment and Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections) among patients with an indication for a Lumbar Herniated Disc surgery: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 09 July 2019

Cost-effectiveness of manual therapy versus physiotherapy in patients with sub-acute and chronic neck pain: a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 21 March 2016

Cost-effectiveness of minimal interventional procedures for chronic mechanical low back pain: design of four randomised controlled trials with an economic evaluation

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Current State of Reporting Pain Outcomes in Cochrane Reviews of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions and Considerations for an OMERACT Research Agenda

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Decision support tools in low back pain.

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Determination of the Oswestry Disability Index score equivalent to a "satisfactory symptom state" in patients undergoing surgery for degenerative disorders of the lumbar spine-a Spine Tango registry-based study.

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Development of the Qualeffo-31, an osteoporosis-specific quality-of-life questionnaire.

scientific article published on 14 December 2005

Diagnostic Accuracy of Lumbosacral Spine Magnetic Resonance Image Reading by Chiropractors, Chiropractic Radiologists, and Medical Radiologists

scientific article published on June 2015

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Clinical Examination in Identifying the Level of Herniation in Patients with Sciatica

scientific article published on May 15, 2011

Disc inflammation and Modic changes show an interaction effect on recovery after surgery for lumbar disc herniation

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Discriminative Validity of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physical Therapists

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Do socio-demographic characteristics and/or health status explain the magnitude of differences between patient and general public utility values? A chronic low back pain patients case study

scientific article published on 06 November 2019

Does adherence to treatment mediate the relationship between patients' treatment outcome expectancies and the outcomes of pain intensity and recovery from acute low back pain?

scientific article published on August 2015

Dutch translation and cross-cultural validation of the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT)

scientific article published on 13 May 2015

Early rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery is not effective or cost-effective compared to no referral: a randomised trial and economic evaluation

scientific article published on 28 June 2017

Economic evaluation of a behavioral-graded activity program compared to physical therapy for patients following lumbar disc surgery.

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Effect of Radiofrequency Denervation on Pain Intensity Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: The Mint Randomized Clinical Trials

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Effect of various kinds of cervical spinal surgery on clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery (REALISE): design of a randomised controlled trial

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Effectiveness of behavioral graded activity after first-time lumbar disc surgery: short term results of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on September 23, 2003

Effectiveness of exercise therapy: a best-evidence summary of systematic reviews

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Erratum to: Core outcome domains for clinical trials in non-specific low back pain

scientific article published on 08 May 2015

Evaluation of a new Transmural Trauma Care Model (TTCM) for the rehabilitation of trauma patients: a study protocol.

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Evidence and practice in spine registries

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Exercise therapy for chronic nonspecific low-back pain

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Funding is related to the quality, conduct, and reporting of trial reports in musculoskeletal physical therapy: A survey of 210 published trials

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Gadolinium Enhancement Is Not Associated With Disc Inflammation in Patients With Sciatica

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Global Perceived Effect scales provided reliable assessments of health transition in people with musculoskeletal disorders, but ratings are strongly influenced by current status.

scientific article published on 8 January 2010

Guideline for Reporting Interventions on Spinal Manipulative Therapy: Consensus on Interventions Reporting Criteria List for Spinal Manipulative Therapy (CIRCLe SMT).

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Harmonizing Pain Outcome Measures: Results of the Pre-OMERACT Meeting on Partnerships for Consensus on Patient-important Pain Outcome Domains Between the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group and OMERACT.

scientific article published on August 2015

Health Care Providers' Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Common Low Back Pain: Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the HC-PAIRS

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Health care provider's attitudes and beliefs towards chronic low back pain: the development of a questionnaire

scientific article published on November 1, 2003

Health care providers' orientations towards common low back pain predict perceived harmfulness of physical activities and recommendations regarding return to normal activity

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Health economic evidence gaps and methodological constraints in low back pain and neck pain: Results of the Research Agenda for Health Economic Evaluation (RAHEE) project.

scientific article published in December 2016

How do low back pain patients conceptualize their expectations regarding treatment? Content analysis of interviews.

scientific article published on 10 May 2013

Identification of patients with chronic low back pain who might benefit from additional psychological assessment

Identifying generic predictors of outcome in patients presenting to primary care with nonspinal musculoskeletal pain.

scientific article published in August 2012

Illness perceptions associated with patient burden with musculoskeletal pain in outpatient physical therapy practice, a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Injection therapy and denervation procedures for chronic low-back pain: a systematic review

scientific article published on 29 April 2010

Inter-rater reliability of a modified version of Delitto et al.'s classification-based system for low back pain: a pilot study

scientific article published on May 2016

Interpreting change scores for pain and functional status in low back pain: towards international consensus regarding minimal important change.

scientific article published on January 2008

Interrater agreement and reliability of clinical tests for assessment of patients with shoulder pain in primary care

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Is a Behavioral Graded Activity Program More Effective Than Manual Therapy in Patients With Subacute Neck Pain?

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Is behavioral graded activity cost-effective in comparison with manual therapy for patients with subacute neck pain? An economic evaluation alongside a randomized clinical trial.

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Is the p value really so significant?*

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Item response theory evaluation of the biomedical scale of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Lancet Series: The "Magnum Opus" Regarding the Evidence on Low Back Pain

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Literature research: aims and design of systematic reviews.

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Long-term effectiveness of exercise therapy in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: a systematic review.

scientific article published on October 2007

Long-term patterns of chronic complaints of the arms, neck, and shoulders and their determinants--the Doetinchem Cohort Study.

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

Lumbar disc extrusions reduce faster than bulging discs due to an active role of macrophages in sciatica

scientific article published on 04 December 2019

Magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing lumbar spinal pathology in adult patients with low back pain or sciatica: a diagnostic systematic review.

scientific article published on 16 September 2011

Manual therapy compared with physical therapy in patients with non-specific neck pain: a randomized controlled trial.

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Measurement Properties of Visual Analogue Scale, Numeric Rating Scale, and Pain Severity Subscale of the Brief Pain Inventory in Patients With Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 10 August 2018

Measurement properties of the Arm Function in Multiple Sclerosis Questionnaire (AMSQ): a study based on Classical Test Theory

scientific article published on 24 September 2016

Measurement tools for adherence to non-pharmacologic self-management treatment for chronic musculoskeletal conditions: a systematic review

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Minimal Clinically Important Change for Pain Intensity, Functional Status, and General Health Status in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

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Minimal Clinically Important Change of the Neck Disability Index and the Numerical Rating Scale for Patients With Neck Pain

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Minimal changes in health status questionnaires: distinction between minimally detectable change and minimally important change

scientific article published on 22 August 2006

Minimally important change determined by a visual method integrating an anchor-based and a distribution-based approach.

scientific article published on 11 October 2006

Minimally invasive surgery for lumbar disc herniation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 18 January 2014

Motor Control Exercise for Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Cochrane Review

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Motor control exercise for acute non-specific low back pain

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Motor control exercise for chronic non-specific low-back pain

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Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain

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Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain: Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Muscle energy technique for non-specific low-back pain

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Muscle energy technique for non-specific low-back pain. A Cochrane systematic review

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No additional value of fusion techniques on anterior discectomy for neck pain: A systematic review

scientific article published on July 18, 2012

PROMIS Physical Function Short Forms Display Item- and Scale-Level Characteristics at Least as Good as the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

scientific article published on 02 November 2019

Pain relief in lumbosacral radicular syndrome: the role of transforaminal epidural injections with glucocorticoids

scientific article published on January 2014

Patient versus general population health state valuations: a case study of non-specific low back pain

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Patients' pre-operative general and specific outcome expectations predict postoperative pain and function after total knee and total hip arthroplasties

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Physicians using spinal manipulative treatment in The Netherlands: a description of their characteristics and their patients

scientific article published on 6 December 2017

Physiotherapists' treatment approach towards neck pain and the influence of a behavioural graded activity training: an exploratory study.

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Pilates for Low Back Pain: Complete Republication of a Cochrane Review.

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Pilates for low back pain

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Pilates for low back pain.

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Predictive factors of high societal costs among chronic low back pain patients

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Psychometric properties of the Dutch-Flemish Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Pain Behavior item bank in patients with musculoskeletal complaints

scientific article published on 09 May 2019

Quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies.

scientific article published on 15 March 2005

Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale was responsive and showed reasonable interpretability after a multidisciplinary treatment

scientific article published on 18 April 2010

Randomized controlled trials reflected clinical practice when comparing the course of low back pain symptoms in similar populations

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

Rasch analysis resulted in an improved Norwegian version of the Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (PABS).

scientific article published on 11 August 2016

Rating the methodological quality in systematic reviews of studies on measurement properties: a scoring system for the COSMIN checklist

scientific article published on 06 July 2011

Rational and design of an individual participant data meta-analysis of spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain-a protocol.

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Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain.

scientific article published in October 2014

Red flags to screen for malignancy and fracture in patients with low back pain: systematic review

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Red flags to screen for malignancy in patients with low-back pain

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Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery

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Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery

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Rehabilitation after lumbar disc surgery: an update Cochrane review

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Rehabilitation following first-time lumbar disc surgery: a systematic review within the framework of the cochrane collaboration

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Reply to Hancock and Kent. Clinical important differences: a step toward a more intervention-specific approach

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Reporting outcomes of back pain trials: a modified Delphi study

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Reproducibility of a battery of commonly used clinical tests to evaluate lumbopelvic motor control.

scientific article published on 7 March 2015

Reproducibility of the STARD checklist: an instrument to assess the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies.

scientific article published on 15 March 2006

Residual complaints following lumbar disc surgery: prognostic indicators of outcome

scientific article published on 26 January 2005

Responder analyses in randomised controlled trials for chronic low back pain: an overview of currently used methods

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Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change of the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire and Short Forms in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

scientific article published on 11 March 2016

Responsiveness to Change of 10 Physical Tests Used for Patients With Back Pain

scientific article published on 27 January 2011

Rigid shoulder taping with physiotherapy in patients with subacromial pain syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 29 March 2017

Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire and Oswestry Disability Index: Which Has Better Measurement Properties for Measuring Physical Functioning in Nonspecific Low Back Pain? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Standardized measurement of recovery from nonspecific back pain

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

Stratified exercise therapy compared with usual care by physical therapists in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial protocol (OCTOPuS study)

scientific article published on 28 November 2019

Surgery versus conservative care for neck pain: a systematic review

scientific article published on October 29, 2012

Surgery versus conservative management of sciatica due to a lumbar herniated disc: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Surgical techniques for sciatica due to herniated disc, a systematic review

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Systematic review of patient history and physical examination to diagnose chronic low back pain originating from the facet joints.

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Systematic review: do patient expectations influence treatment outcomes in total knee and total hip arthroplasty?

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Taping patients with clinical signs of subacromial impingement syndrome: the design of a randomized controlled trial

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The Association of Illness Perception and Prognosis for Pain and Physical Function in Patients With Noncancer Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Literature Review

scientific article published on 10 May 2018

The Epidural Treatment of Sciatica: Its Origin and Evolution

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The Influence of Centralization and Directional Preference on Spinal Control in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

scientific article published on 26 January 2016

The MOBID-2 pain scale: reliability and responsiveness to pain in patients with dementia.

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The Mortality Risk of Conventional Antipsychotics in Elderly Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

The Pain Attitudes and Beliefs Scale for Physiotherapists: Dimensionality and Internal Consistency of the Norwegian Version.

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The Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire: Cross-Cultural Adaptation into Italian and Assessment of Its Measurement Properties

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The Transmural Trauma Care Model (TTCM) for the rehabilitation of trauma patients is effective in improving patient related outcome measures: a non-randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

The applicability of the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia for patients with sub-acute neck pain: a qualitative study

The assessment of anorexia in patients with cancer: cut-off values for the FAACT-A/CS and the VAS for appetite

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The back pain beliefs of health care providers: are we fear-avoidant?

scientific article published in December 2002

The cost-effectiveness of a treatment-based classification system for low back pain: design of a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation

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The cross-sectional construct validity of the Waddell score

scientific article published in May 2012

The longitudinal relationships between pain severity and disability versus health-related quality of life and costs among chronic low back pain patients

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

The psychometric properties of the PABS-PT in neck pain patients: a validation study.

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The quality of diagnostic accuracy studies since the STARD statement: Has it improved?

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

The risk of bias and sample size of trials of spinal manipulative therapy for low back and neck pain: analysis and recommendations.

scientific article published on 05 September 2014

The smallest worthwhile effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and physiotherapy for chronic low back pain: a benefit-harm trade-off study

scientific article published on 8 September 2013

The smallest worthwhile effect of primary care physiotherapy did not differ across musculoskeletal pain sites

scientific article published on 29 May 2018

Three ways to quantify uncertainty in individually applied "minimally important change" values.

scientific article published on 21 June 2009

Total disc replacement surgery for symptomatic degenerative lumbar disc disease: a systematic review of the literature

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Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections Followed by Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy to Prevent Surgery for Lumbar Disc Herniation

scientific article published on 07 May 2014

Transforaminal endoscopic surgery for lumbar stenosis: a systematic review

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Transforaminal endoscopic surgery for symptomatic lumbar disc herniations: a systematic review of the literature

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Transforaminal epidural steroid injections influence Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) pain response classification in candidates for lumbar herniated disc surgery

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Treatment based classification systems for patients with non-specific neck pain. A systematic review

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Treatment of acute sciatica with transforaminal epidural corticosteroids and local anesthetic: design of a randomized controlled trial

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Treatment success in neck pain: The added predictive value of psychosocial variables in addition to clinical variables

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Treatment-related and patient-related expectations of patients with musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of published measurement tools.

scientific article published on July 2010

Trends over time in the size and quality of randomised controlled trials of interventions for chronic low-back pain

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Unfulfilled Expectations After Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Surgery: There Is a Need for Better Preoperative Patient Information and Education.

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Validation of a Dutch version of the Neurological Fatigue Index (NFI-MS) for patients with multiple sclerosis in the Netherlands.

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Validation of the Dutch-Flemish PROMIS Pain Interference Item Bank in Patients With Musculoskeletal Complaints

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Validity and reproducibility of the modified STarT Back Tool (Dutch version) for patients with neck pain in primary care

scientific article published on 15 June 2017

What does quality of life mean to older adults? A thematic synthesis

scientific article published on 08 March 2019

Which patient-reported factors predict referral to spinal surgery? A cohort study among 4987 chronic low back pain patients

scientific article published on 30 June 2017