Exercise and chronic low back pain: What works?

Pain

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 176-190

  Liddle, Sarah Dianne ^a   Baxter, G David ^a   Gracey, Jacqueline H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Compliance; Exercise; Methodological quality; Outcome measures; Supervision

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346094289     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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