Combined physiotherapy and education is efficacious for chronic low back pain

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-302

  Moseley, Lorimer ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Exercise; Low back pain; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLAND MORRIS DISABILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 0036917389     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(14)60169-0     Document Type: Article

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