Randomized Controlled Trial of Education and Feedback for Implementation of Guidelines for Acute Low Back Pain

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 773-780

  Schectman, Joel M ^c   Schroth, W Scott ^a   Verme, Dante ^b   Voss, John D ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Feedback; Low back pain; Patient education; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SERVICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEOTAPE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0142024992     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.10205.x     Document Type: Article

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