Measuring the functional status of patients with low back pain. Assessment of the quality of four disease-specific questionnaires.

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Published in Spine (Phila Pa 1976) on May 01, 1995

Authors

A J Beurskens1, H C de Vet, A J Köke, G J van der Heijden, P G Knipschild

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Associated clinical trials:

Cross Culture Adaptation and Validation of the Arabic Version of COMI in Patients With Low Back Pain | NCT03328806

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