Exercise therapy for low back pain: A small-scale exploratory survey of current physiotherapy practice in the Republic of Ireland acute hospital setting

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 272-278

  Byrne, Karol ^a   Doody, Catherine ^a   Hurley, Deirdre A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Low back pain; Physiotherapy; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRELAND; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE STABILIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750971465     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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