Compliance among general practitioners in France with recommendations not to prescribe bed rest for acute low back pain

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 56-59

  Rozenberg, Sylvie ^a   Allaert, François André ^b   Savarieau, Bernard ^c   Perahia, Michel ^d   Valat, Jean Pierre ^e  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c agence communication et consulting santé   (France)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e South Teaching Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Bed rest; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; CHRONIC PAIN; CORSET; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NERVE ROOT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPORT;

EID: 0842310338     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(03)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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