Massage therapy for low back pain: A systematic review

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Low back pain; Massage; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE;

EID: 0032952886     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(98)00129-8     Document Type: Review

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