Treatment of low back pain: monitoring clinical practice through audit

Physiotherapy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-177

  Sparkes, Valerie ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Low back pain; Standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33748082706     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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