Indicators of lumbar zygapophyseal joint pain: Survey of an expert panel with the delphi technique

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1348-1361

  Wilde, Viktoria E ^a   Ford, Jon J ^a   McMeeken, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEDICAL EXPERT; PALPATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARTHRALGIA; AUSTRALIA; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEW ZEALAND; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 35348921202     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060329     Document Type: Article

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