Occupational Low Back Pain

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 545-569

  Stitik, Todd P ^a   Chang, Michael Y ^a   Levy, Joshua ^a   Nadler, Scott F ^a  

^a University Rehabilitation Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ANAMNESIS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANGE OF MOTION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE MOBILITY; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 33748430343     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coem.2006.05.001     Document Type: Review

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