PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - F. M. Hull
TI  - Diagnosis and prognosis of low back pain in three countries
DP  - 1982 Jun 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 352--356
VI  - 32
IP  - 239
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/32/239/352.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/32/239/352.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1982 Jun 01; 32
AB  - The diagnostic pointers which doctors use as discriminating factors in the prognosis of males aged 15 to 45 with low back pain were examined in Britain, Holland and Israel. The most frequent prognostic indicators common to all these countries were a past history of similar trouble and the duration of symptoms. Less commonly used indicators suggest differences in diagnostic behaviour between the countries.