Physiotherapy management of low back pain: Does practice match the Dutch guidelines?

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-41

  Swinkels, Ilse C S ^a   van den Ende, Cornelia H M ^a   van den Bosch, Wil ^a   Dekker, Joost ^a   Wimmers, Raymond H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Low back pain; Physical therapy (specialty)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILIZATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTRATION;

EID: 15344347931     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(05)70051-9     Document Type: Article

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