Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT)
About SPORT | Why is SPORT important? | How was the SPORT research conducted? | How were the SPORT trial participants selected? | Who did the SPORT study? | What are the SPORT results? | SPORT resources
SPORT-Related Papers
Papers by authors supported by SPORT (listed alphabetically by author)
Note: Each of the following linked papers displays a PDF file that will open in a separate window.
- Arega A, Birkmeyer NJO, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Gibson J, Taylor BA, Morgan TS, Weinstein JN. Racial Variation in Treatment Preferences and Willingness to Randomize in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. Spine 31(19):2263-2269, 2006.
- Birkmeyer NJO and Weinstein JW. Medical versus Surgical Treatment for Low Back Pain: Evidence and Clinical Practice. Effective Clinical Practice 2:218-227, 1999.
- Cummins J, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, Hanscom B, Abdu WA, Birkmeyer NJO, Herkowitz H, Weinstein JN. Descriptive Epidemiology and Prior Healthcare Utilization of Patients in the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial's (SPORT) Three Observational Cohorts: Disc Herniation, Spinal Stenosis, and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Spine 31(7):806-814.
- Deyo RA and Weinstein JN. Low Back Pain NEJM 34(3):363-370, 2001.
- Fanciullo GJ, Ball PA, Girault G, Rose RJ, Hanscom B, Weinstein JN. An Observational Study on the Prevalence and Pattern of Opiod Use in 25,479 Patients with Spine and Radicular Pain. Spine 27(2):201-205, 2002.
- Fanuele JC, Abdu WA, Hansom B, and Weinstein JN. Association Between Obesity and Functional Status in Patients with Spine Disease. Spine 27(3):306-312, 2002.
- Fanuele JC, Birkmeyer NJO, Abdu WA, Tosteson TD, Weinstein JN. The Impact of Spinal Problems on the Health Status of Patients: Have we underestimated the effect? Spine 25(12):1509-1514, 2000.
- Hanscom B, Lurie JD, Homa K, Weinstein JN. Computerized Questionnaires and the Quality of Study Data. Spine 27(16):1797-1801, 2002.
- Jordan J, Morgan TS, Weinstein JN. Herniated Lumbar Disc. Clinical Evidence 8, 2003.
- Levy HI, Hanscom B, Boden SD. A Three-Question Depression Screener used for Lumbar Disc Herniation and Spinal Stenosis. Spine 27(11):1232-1237, 2002.
- Lurie JD and Weinstein JN. Shared Decision-Making and the Orthopaedic Workforce. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 385:68-75, 2001.
- Lurie JD, Birkmeyer NJ, Weinstein JN. Rates of Advanced Spinal Imaging and Spine Surgery. Spine 28(6):616-620, 2003.
- Lurie JD, Gerber PD, Sox HC. A Pain in the Back. NEJM 343(10):723-726, 2000.
- Lurie JD. A Review of Generic Health Status Measures in Patients with Low Back Pain. Spine 25(24):3125-3129, 2000.
- McDonough CM, Grove MR, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, Hilibrand AS, Tosteson ANA. Comparison of EQ-5D, HUI, and SF-36-derived societal health state values among Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial (SPORT) participants. Quality of Life Research 14:1321-1322, 2005.
- Skinner J, Weinstein JN, Sporer SM, Wennberg JE. Racial, Ethnic, and Geographic Disparities in Rates of Knee Arthroplasty among Medicare Patients. NEJM 349:1350-9, 2003.
- Tosteson ANA. Preference-Based Health Outcome Measures in Low Back Pain. Spine 25(24):3161-3166, 2000.
- Walsh TL, Hanscom B, Lurie JD, Weinstein JN. Is a Condition-Specific Instrument for Patients with Low Back Pain/Leg Symptoms Really Necessary? The Responsiveness of the Oswestry Disability Index, MODEMS, and the SF-36. Spine 28(6):607-615, 2003.
- Weinstein JN and Deyo RA. Clinical Research: Issues in Data Collection. Spine 25(24):3104-3109, 2000.
- Weinstein JN, Brown PW, Hanscom B, Walsh T, Nelson EG. Designing an Ambulatory Clinical Practice for Outcomes Improvement: From Vision to Reality-The Spine Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Year One. Quality Managment in Health Care, Winter 2000.
