Practice patterns of physiotherapists in the treatment of work-related back pain

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 412-421

  Poitras, Stéphane ^a,e   Blais, Régis ^b   Swaine, Bonnie ^b,c   Rossignol, Michel ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d Department of Public Health of Montreal ^*  (Canada)

^e Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Occupational health; Physiotherapy; Practice variations; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASSAGE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249009535     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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