Early intervention for the management of acute low back pain: A single-blind randomized controlled trial of biopsychosocial education, manual therapy, and exercise

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2350-2356

  Wand, Benedict M ^a   Bird, Christien ^b,f   McAuley, James H ^c   Doré, Caroline J ^d   MacDowell, Maureen ^b   De Souza, Lorraine H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^b EALING HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f White Hart Lane Therapy Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Biopsychosocial education; Disability; Early intervention; Exercise; Manual therapy; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOOD; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEACHING MATERIALS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14844349889     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000143619.34308.b4     Document Type: Article

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