Economic evaluation of an intensive group training protocol compared with usual care physiotherapy in patients with chronic low back pain

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Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-451

  Van Der Roer, Nicole ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits ^a,b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a,c   De Vet, Henrica ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Body Work   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Graded activity; Low back pain; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39649106118     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318163fa59     Document Type: Article

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