The effectiveness of motorised lumbar traction in the management of LBP with lumbo sacral nerve root involvement: A feasibility study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Harte, Annette A ^a   Baxter, George D ^b   Gracey, Jacqueline H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; NERVE ROOT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; TRACTION THERAPY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL ROOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849102543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-118     Document Type: Article

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