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Oswestry (ŏz`wĕstrē, –wəs–), town (1991 pop. 12,448) and district, Shropshire, W central England. The market town has plastics, clothing, and printing industries. The area is named for St. Oswald, a Northumbrian king who was killed there in a battle (7th cent.) against King Penda of Mercia. The poet Wilfred Owen Owen, Wilfred, 1893–1918, English poet, b. Oswestry, Shropshire. He served as a company commander in the Artist's Rifles during World War I and was killed in France on Nov. 4, 1918, one week before the armistice. ..... Click the link for more information. was born in Oswestry. |
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A comparison of a modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire and the Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale. The ex-bodyguard is working as a part-time clerk in a sporting-goods store in the small English town of Oswestry. In the study, patient outcomes are being assessed by Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), SF-12 and maintenance of height and alignment at the level(s) treated. |
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