Exercise therapy for low back pain: A systematic review within the framework of the cochrane collaboration back review group

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 2784-2796

  Van Tulder, Maurits ^a   Malmivaara, Antti ^b   Esmail, Rosmin ^c   Koes, Bart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Effectiveness; Exercise; Low back pain; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK RESUMPTION;

EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034318929     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200011010-00011     Document Type: Article

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