The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 8 , Pages 728-730 , August 2010

Predicting prognosis in sick-listed low back pain patients: sneaking a peak inside the black box

  • S. Samuel Bederman, MD, PhD, FRCSC

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Pavillion III, Building 29A, Orange, CA 92868, USA. Tel.: (714) 456-1699; fax: (714) 456-7547.

Received 5 May 2010 ,Accepted 22 May 2010.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: none.

PII: S1529-9430(10)00382-7

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.05.008

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 8 , Pages 728-730 , August 2010

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