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Medical Research>> Research projects on back disorders>> Projects on aspects of assessment, diagnosis and prognosis

  Projects on risk factors
  Projects on aspects of assessment, diagnosis and prognosis
  - Validation of the Spanish version of the Roland-Morris Scale.
  - Relation between pain intensity and degree of disability and level of quality of life in patients with back pain.
  - Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of a questionnaire on fear and avoidance behaviors due to back pain.
  - The validity of the Spanish version of the Roland-Morris Scale to measure the degree of disability due to low-back pain with sciatica and sciatica without low back pain.
  - Comparative validity of the different components of the EuroQol Scale to determine the quality of life in patients with back pain.
  - The effect of chronification on the quality of life in patients with back pain.
  - Influence of beliefs in the deterioration of quality of life associated with back pain.
  - Determination of the natural course of acute and subacute low back pain.
  - Development of models allowing for the early prediction of the risk of long-term sick leave.
  - Low back function evaluation.
  - Objectification of neck sprain (whiplash).
  - MMICS Study (Musculoskeletal Multinational Inception Cohort Study).
  Projects on treatments
  Projects on clinical practice

 

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