Conservative treatment of acute and chronic nonspecific low back pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of the most common interventions

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2128-2156

  Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Low back pain; Methodology; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BED REST; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACTION THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031418242     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199709150-00012     Document Type: Article

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