Physical therapy plus general practitioners' care versus general practitioners' care alone for sciatica: A randomised clinical trial with a 12-month follow-up

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-517

  Luijsterburg, Pim A J ^a   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a   Ostelo, Raymond W J G ^b,c   Van Den Hoogen, Hans J M M ^d   Peul, Wilco C ^e,f   Avezaat, Cees J J ^a   Koes, Bart W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Amsterdam School of Allied Health Education   (Netherlands)

^d Leids University Medical Center ^*

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GP; Lumbosacral radicular syndrome; Physical therapy; RCT; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISCHIALGIA; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCIATICA;

EID: 42149083745     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0569-6     Document Type: Article

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