Acute low back pain: Diagnostic and therapeutic practices reported by Brazilian rheumatologists

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 567-571

  Margarido, Maria Do Socorro ^a   Kowalski, Sérgio Candido ^a,b   Natour, Jamil ^a   Ferraz, Marcos Bosi ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Paulista Centre for Health Economics   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Low back pain; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REST; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 14344262925     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000154690.04674.06     Document Type: Article

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