An evaluation of low back-pain-related content in canadian newspaper media

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Gross, Douglas P ^a   Field, Jasmine ^a   Shanski, Kurt ^a   Ferrari, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Media; Newspaper; Public beliefs; Social marketing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REST; SOCIAL MARKETING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED REST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED REST; CANADA; CULTURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REST;

EID: 45149101337     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3180471bdc     Document Type: Article

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