Does folk medicine work? A randomized clinical trial on patients with prolonged back pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 571-577

  Hemmilä, Heikki M ^a   Keinänen Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M ^b   Levoska, Sinikka ^b   Puska, Pekka ^c  

^a Folk Medicine Centre   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0031008469     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90420-2     Document Type: Article

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