Physiotherapy diagnosis in clinical practice: A survey of orthopaedic certified specialists in the USA

Physiotherapy Research International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-41

  Spoto, Marcia Miller ^a   Collins, Jennifer ^a  

^a NAZARETH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44649147102     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.390     Document Type: Article

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