Do Primary-Care Clinicians Think That Nonspecific Low Back Pain Is One Condition?

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1022-1031

  Kent, Peter ^a   Keating, Jenny ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Nonspecific low back pain; Primary contact; Subgroups

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 2342539044     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200405010-00015     Document Type: Article

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