Search
Now showing items 1-4 of 4
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Primary and Secondary Interventions
(Elsevier, 2004-02)
In the United States alone, the annual cost associated with the diagnosis and care of musculoskeletal trauma amounts to tens of billions of dollars [Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders: Function, Outcomes and Evidence. ...
Psychosocial Factors That Can Influence the Self-Assessment of Function
(Springer Netherlands, 2004-09)
What has plagued the evaluation process in this area has been the level of agreement in the wide variation in the measures used to document a construct such as pain, as well as changes in that construct as reflected in the ...
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
(PPM Communications, Inc., 2004)
Back pain is a widespread public health problem, affecting a staggering 80% of Americans at some point in their lives. Each year, an estimated one out of every 14 people will seek medical care for back or neck pain, amounting ...
Development of a Self-Report Screening Instrument for Assessing Potential Opioid Medication Misuse in Chronic Pain Patients
(Elsevier, 2004)
This study comprised the first step in the psychometric development of a self-report screening instrument for risk of opioid medication misuse among chronic pain patients. A 26-item instrument, the Pain Medication Questionnaire ...