Traction for low back pain with or without sciatica: An updated systematic review within the framework of the Cochrane Collaboration

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1591-1599

  Clarke, Judy ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits ^b   Blomberg, Stefan ^c   De Vet, Henrica ^b   Van Der Heijden, Geert ^d   Bronfort, Gert ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochrane Collaboration; Low back pain; Systematic review; Traction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBASE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACTION THERAPY;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SCIATICA; TRACTION;

EID: 33745242369     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000222043.09835.72     Document Type: Article

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