Prevalence of low back pain among physical therapists in Edmonton, Canada

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 309-317

  Mierzejewski, Mac ^a   Kumar, Shrawan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030798339     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289709166544     Document Type: Article

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