Low back pain: Which is the best way forward?

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7191, 1999, Pages 1122-

  Samanta, Ash ^a   Beardsley, J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STEROID THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0033599617     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7191.1122     Document Type: Article

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