Does yoga speed healing for petients with low back pain?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 661-662

  Graves, Nathan ^a   Krepcho, Martin ^a   Mayo, Helen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSENSUS; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STRESS; STRETCHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; WORK RESUMPTION; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; YOGA;

EID: 4043160011     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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