Targeted manual therapy for non-specific low-back pain

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  McCarthy, Chris ^a   Keating, J L ^b   Kent, P M ^b   Lall, R ^b   Lamb, S E ^b   Strimpakos, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 44949141641     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007135     Document Type: Review

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