Conservative correction of leg-length discrepancies of 10mm or less for the relief of chronic low back pain

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2075-2080

  Defrin, Ruth ^a   Benyamin, Sarit Ben ^a   Aldubi, R Dov ^a   Pick, Chaim G ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leg length inequality; Low back pain; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOW BACK PAIN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORTHOSIS; ORTHOTICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOE; SHOE INSERT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27644433523     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.06.012     Document Type: Article

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