European Spine Journal

What predicts outcome in non-operative treatments of chronic low back pain? A systematic review

Tina Wessels, Maurits van Tulder, Tanja Sigl, Thomas Ewert, Heribert Limm, Gerold Stucki

Discriminative validity and responsiveness of the Oswestry Disability Index among Japanese outpatients with lumbar conditions

Hideki Hashimoto, Masahi Komagata, Osamu Nakai, Masutaro Morishita, Yasuaki Tokuhashi, Shigeo Sano, Yutaka Nohara, Yukikazu Okajima

Comments on “Discriminative validity and responsiveness of the Oswestry disability index among Japanese outpatients with lumbar conditions”

Jeremy C. T. Fairbank

Outcome scores in spinal surgery quantified: excellent, good, fair and poor in terms of patient-completed tools

Suhayl I. Tafazal, Philip J. Sell

Patient-based outcomes for the operative treatment of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis

Samo K. Fokter, Scott A. Yerby

Evaluation of a Dallas Pain Questionnaire classification in relation to outcome in lumbar spinal fusion

Thomas Andersen, Finn B. Christensen, Cody Bünger

Internet based multicenter study for thoracolumbar injuries: a new concept and preliminary results

Christian Knop, Maximilian Reinhold, Christoph Roeder, Lukas Staub, Rene Schmid, Rudolf Beisse, Volker Bühren, Michael Blauth

Inter-examiner reliability in the assessment of low back pain (LBP) using the Kirkaldy-Willis classification (KWC)

Bo C. Bertilson, Johan Bring, Anneli Sjöblom, Karin Sundell, Lars-Erik Strender

Danish version of the Oswestry Disability Index for patients with low back pain. Part 1: Cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity in two different populations

Henrik Hein Lauridsen, Jan Hartvigsen, Claus Manniche, Lars Korsholm, Niels Grunnet-Nilsson

Danish version of the Oswestry disability index for patients with low back pain. Part 2: Sensitivity, specificity and clinically significant improvement in two low back pain populations

Henrik Hein Lauridsen, Jan Hartvigsen, Claus Manniche, Lars Korsholm, Niels Grunnet-Nilsson

Reliability and responsiveness of the Dutch version of the Neck Disability Index in patients with acute neck pain in general practice

Cees J. Vos, Arianne P. Verhagen, Bart W. Koes

Use of a patient information leaflet to influence patient decisions regarding mode of administration of NSAID medications in case of acute low back pain

Thomas Rosemann, Stefanie Joos, Thorsten Koerner, Marc Heiderhoff, Gunter Laux, Joachim Szecsenyi

Comment on “A proposal for a surgical classification of pediatric lumbosacral spondylolisthesis based on current literature” (Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong, Hubert Labelle)

Dietrich Schlenzka

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