Traction for low-back pain with or without sciatica

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Clarke, Judy A ^a   Van Tulder, M W ^b   Blomberg, S E I ^b   De Vet, H C W ^b   Van Der Heijden, G J M G ^b   Bronfort, G ^b   Bouter, L M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Traction; Humans; Low back pain complications; *therapy ; Pain measurement; Randomized controlled trials as topic; Sciatica complications; *therapy

Indexed keywords

RETRACTED ARTICLE; REVIEW;

EID: 35748952567     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003010.pub4     Document Type: Review

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