Predictors of sickness absence in patients with a new episode of low back pain in primary care

This study examines predictors of sickness absence in patients presenting to a health practitioner with acute/ subacute low back pain (LBP). Aims of this study were to identify baseline-variables that detect patients with a new LBP episode at risk of sickness absence and to identify prognostic model...

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Main Authors: Melloh, Markus, Elfering, A., Salathé, C., Käser, A., Barz, T., Röder, C., Theis, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15674