Attitudes to back pain amongst musculoskeletal practitioners: A comparison of professional groups and practice settings using the ABS-mp

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-175

  Pincus, Tamar ^a   Foster, Nadine E ^b   Vogel, Steven ^c   Santos, Rita ^a   Breen, Alan ^d   Underwood, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Back pain; Chiropractors; Osteopaths; Physiotherapists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34247162641     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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