The Flanagan Quality Of Life Scale: evidence of construct validityCarol S Burckhardt
School of Nursing Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 1:59. 2003
..This paper presents further evidence of construct validity for persons with chronic conditions as well as across two languages, and gender...
The General Function Score: a useful tool for measurement of physical disability. Validity and reliabilityO Hägg
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sahlgren University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Eur Spine J 10:203-10. 2001
..82-0.96 in surgically treated disc herniation and 0.55-0.85 in spondylolisthesis. The GFS is a highly valid and reliable instrument with good responsiveness and feasibility, useful for evaluation of physical disability...
- Simplifying outcome measurement: evaluation of instruments for measuring outcome after fusion surgery for chronic low back pain
Olle Hägg
Department of Orthopedics, Sahlgren University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:1213-22. 2002
..A comparative evaluation of outcome instruments and global assessment was performed...
- Characteristics of patients with chronic low back pain selected for surgery: a comparison with the general population reported from the Swedish lumbar spine study
Olle Hägg
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sahlgren University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:1223-31. 2002
..A group of surgical candidates with chronic low back pain was compared with a random sample of the general population...
- Pain-drawing does not predict the outcome of fusion surgery for chronic low-back pain: a report from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study
O Hägg
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sahlgren University Hospital, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
Eur Spine J 12:2-11. 2003
..The concept of "organic/non-organic" pain in conjunction with chronic low-back pain is not supported by the results of the present study...
- The clinical importance of changes in outcome scores after treatment for chronic low back pain
O Hägg
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sahlgren University Hospital, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
Eur Spine J 12:12-20. 2003
..Despite improvement after treatment, the ability to sit, stand and lift, remain notable problems...
- Predictors of outcome in fusion surgery for chronic low back pain. A report from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study
O Hägg
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sahlgren University Hospital, 413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
Eur Spine J 12:22-33. 2003
..We conclude that improved selection of successful surgical candidates with CLBP seems to be promoted by attention to severe disc degeneration, evaluation of personality traits and shortening of preoperative sick leave...
- Chronic low back pain and fusion: a comparison of three surgical techniques: a prospective multicenter randomized study from the Swedish lumbar spine study group
Peter Fritzell
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Falun Hospital, Falun, Sweden
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 27:1131-41. 2002
..A multicenter randomized study with a 2-year follow-up period and an independent observer was conducted...
- Cost-effectiveness of lumbar fusion and nonsurgical treatment for chronic low back pain in the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group
Peter Fritzell
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Falun Hospital, Falun, Sweden
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 29:421-34; discussion Z3. 2004
..A cost-effectiveness study was performed from the societal and health care perspectives...
- Complications in lumbar fusion surgery for chronic low back pain: comparison of three surgical techniques used in a prospective randomized study. A report from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group
Peter Fritzell
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Falun Hospital, 791 82 Falun, Sweden
Eur Spine J 12:178-89. 2003
..In order to make valid comparisons of both complication and reintervention rates after lumbar fusion, there is a need for a consensus in the spinal society regarding the definition of these entities...
- One-year report from the Swedish National Spine Register. Swedish Society of Spinal Surgeons
Björn Strömqvist
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, SE 221 85, Lund, Sweden
Acta Orthop Suppl 76:1-24. 2005
The impact of fear-avoidance model variables on disability in patients with specific or nonspecific chronic low back painMari Lundberg
Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 36:1547-53. 2011
..A prospective cross-sectional design...
The Swedish Spine Register: development, design and utilityBjörn Strömqvist
Department of Orthopedics, Lund University Hospital, 221 85 Lund, Sweden
Eur Spine J 18:294-304. 2009
..A common core set of demographic, surgical and outcome parameters would enable comparisons of clinical studies within and between nations...
- Identification of cell proliferation zones, progenitor cells and a potential stem cell niche in the intervertebral disc region: a study in four species
Helena Henriksson
Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, The Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 34:2278-87. 2009
..Descriptive experimental study in 4 different mammals...
