Advice for the management of low back pain: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 310-327

  Dianne Liddle, S ^a   Gracey, Jacqueline H ^a   David Baxter, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advice; Low back pain; Outcome measures; Randomised controlled trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK DISABILITY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548232123     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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