Effectiveness of an extension-oriented treatment approach in a subgroup of subjects with low back pain: A randomized clinical trial

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1608-1618

  Browder, David A ^a,b,c   Childs, John D ^b   Cleland, Joshua A ^d,e   Fritz, Julie M ^f,g  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lackland AFB ^*  (United States)

^d FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849056152     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060297     Document Type: Article

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