Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 1141-1146 , June 2005

Factor Structure of the Pain Disability Index in Workers’ Compensation Claimants With Low Back Injuries

  • Raymond C. Tait, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Raymond C. Tait, PhD, Dept of Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1221 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104
    • ,
  • John T. Chibnall, PhD

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 Supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (grant no. R01 HS014007-01).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(05)00080-8

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.11.030

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 6 , Pages 1141-1146 , June 2005

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