Rationale, design, and protocol for the prevention of low back pain in the military (POLM) trial (NCT00373009)

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  George, Steven Z ^a   Childs, John D ^b   Teyhen, Deydre S ^b   Wu, Samuel S ^a   Wright, Alison C ^b   Dugan, Jessica L ^b   Robinson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEAR; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348975515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-92     Document Type: Article

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