Nonspecific low back pain and return to work

American Family Physician

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Nguyen, Trang H ^a   Randolph, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; STEROID;

ACUPUNCTURE; BED REST; BRACE; COST; CRYOTHERAPY; DISABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STRAIN; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPRAIN; TRACTION THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WORK;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOW BACK PAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248979828     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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