Management of the athlete with low back pain

Clinics in Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 105-120

  George, Steven Z ^a   Delitto, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036179848     PISSN: 02785919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5919(03)00060-7     Document Type: Review

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