Better backs by better beds?

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 703-708

  Bergholdt, Kim ^a   Fabricius, Rasmus N ^a   Bendix, Tom ^a,b  

^a Back Research Center   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic; Low back pain; Mattress; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BED; CHRONIC PAIN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOTATION BED; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEDS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41749114101     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181695d3b     Document Type: Article

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