Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5651027 | The American Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
In spite of a strong association at the group level between presence of LBP at one week and functional impairment at three months, when used to predict outcomes in individual patients, presence of pain failed to discriminate with clinically meaningful utility between acute LBP patients destined to have a favorable versus unfavorable three-month outcome.
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Authors
Benjamin W. MD, MS, Stuart BA, Andrew MD, Rebecca MD, Lynne MD, Polly E. PhD, E. John MD,