Non-exercise physical therapies for musculoskeletal conditions

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-433

  Hurley, Michael V ^a   Bearne, Lindsay M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

musculoskeletal conditions; non exercise physical therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIATHERMY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CARE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44349194910     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2008.01.001     Document Type: Review

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