The updated cochrane review of bed rest for low back pain and sciatica

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 542-546

  Hagen, Kåre B ^a,e   Jamtvedt, Gro ^b   Hilde, Gunvor ^c   Winnem, Michael F ^d  

^a National Resource Centre for Rehabilitation in Rheumatology   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Health Services Research Centre   (Norway)

^c GlaxoSmithKlein ^*  (Canada)

^d GlaxoSmithKlein   (Norway)

^e DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Bed rest; Functional status; Lumbosacral region; Sciatica; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BED REST; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED REST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCIATICA;

EID: 14344255452     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000154625.02586.95     Document Type: Review

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