This section contains some of the papers that have be published by the research team at The Back Institute.

Chronic Back Pain

• Effectiveness of a Low Back Pain Classification System
  The Spine Journal
  pg 648-657, 2009
• Return to Work After Chronic Back Pain Rehabilitation
  Journal of the Neuromusculoskeletal System, Volume 2, Number 3,
  pg 112-115, Fall 1994
• Guidelines for the Identification of Barriers to Rehabilitation of Back Injuries
  Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Volume 5, No. 3,
  pg 195-201, 1995
• Recognition and Management of the Chronic Pain Syndrome
  Canadian Journal of CME,
  pg 39-48, March 1995

Prognosis

• Predictive Factors for Abnormal Illness Behaviour in Low Back Pain
  Journal of Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement, Volume 4 No. 2,
  pg 41-48, 2000
• Prognostic Factors for Time Receiving Worker's Compensation Benefits in a Cohort of Patents With Low Back Pain
  SPINE, Volume 25, Number 2, pp 147-157, 2000

Treatment

• Examination of the Patient with Low Back Pain
  Bulletin on the Rheumatic Diseases, Vol 33 (4),
  pg 1-8, 1983
• Back School and Education
  Clinical Orthopaedics, Vol 179,
  pg 10-17, October 1990
• A Different Approach to Back Pain Diagnosis: Identifying a Pattern of Pain
  Canadian Journal of CME,
  pg 31-42, February 1994
• Provider, Payor, and Patient Outcome Expectations in Back Pain Rehabilitation
  Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, Volume 5, No. 2,
  pg 57-69, 1995
• Relationship Between Non Organic Signs and Centralization of Symptoms in the Prediction of Return to Work
  Physical Therapy Volume 77 No. 4,
  pg 354-369, April 1997
• Spontaneous Onset of Back Pain
  Clinical Journal of Pain, Volume 14 No. 2,
  pg 129-133, 1998
• Inter-Tester Reliability of a Low Back Pain Classification System
  Spine, Volume 24 No. 3,
  pg 248-254, February, 1999
• Factors Associated with Seeking Medical Care for Internet Users. 2000

Function/Return to Work

• Effect of Discharge Recommendations on Outcome
  Spine, Vol 19 (18),
  pg 2033-2037, 1994
• Outcomes Management for Back Injury
  Rehab Management International,
  pg 52-53, Fall 1997
• Trunk and Lower Extremity Muscle Endurance: Normative Data for Adults
  Journal of Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement, Volume 2 No. 4,
  pg 20-39, 1998
• Variables Associated with Active Spondylolysis
  Physical Therapy in Sport, 10 
  pg 121-124, 2009