Do Norwegian manual therapists provide management for patients with acute low back pain in accordance with clinical guidelines?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-43

  Strand, Liv Inger ^a   Kvale, Alice ^a   Råheim, Målfrid ^a   Ljunggren, Anne Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Clinical guidelines; Manual therapists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORWAY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; TAPE RECORDER; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 12944303111     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2004.07.003     Document Type: Article

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