Why is the recent research regarding non-specific pain so non-specific?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-241

  McCarthy, Christopher J ^a   Cairns, Mindy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MODEL; NECK PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27544471809     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.10.001     Document Type: Editorial

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