Philadelphia panel evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on selected rehabilitation interventions for low back pain

Physical Therapy

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1641-1674

  Tugwell, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Evidence based practice; Low back pain; Meta analysis; Physical therapy; Practitioner feedback survey; Rehabilitation; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0034789904     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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