Motor control or graded activity exercises for chronic low back pain? A randomised controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Macedo, Luciana G ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   Maher, Chris G ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^b   Nicholas, Michael ^c   Tonkin, Lois ^c   McAuley, James H ^a   Stafford, Ryan ^b  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; GRADED ACTIVITY EXERCISE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHRONIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MOTOR SKILLS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 44849127949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-65     Document Type: Article

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