Screening for Psychological Factors in Patients With Low Back Problems: Waddell's Nonorganic Signs
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Psychological Problems in Low Back Pain Patients
Objective: Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common chronic pains in patients. The purpose of the present study was to assess psychological problems in LBP patients. Methodology: The subjects of this cross sectional study was 92 volunteers (50 male and 42 female), referrals suffering LBP to clinical centers with different occupations. They all completed SCL90-R. Results: About 71.7% of pat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Therapy
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0031-9023,1538-6724
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/77.3.306