Low back pain (non-specific)

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-91

  Krismer, M ^a   van Tulder, M ^b,c  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

guidelines; low back pain; non specific; treatment

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DIAZEPAM; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; TETRAZEPAM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENTEEISM; ACUPUNCTURE; AEROBIC EXERCISE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDURANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FITNESS; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LEG PAIN; LIFESTYLE; LIMB PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TRAINING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REST; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACTION THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WORK CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847691606     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2006.08.004     Document Type: Review

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