Active treatment of chronic neck pain: A prospective randomized intervention

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1021-1027

  Taimela, Simo ^a,b   Takala, Esa Pekka ^c   Asklöf, Tom ^a   Seppälä, Kitty ^a   Parviainen, Sirkka ^a  

^a DBC International   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Active; Cervical spine; Exercise; Neck; Neck pain; Randomized; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034656161     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200004150-00018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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