Randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy compared with advice for low back pain

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7468, 2004, Pages 708-711

  Frost, Helen ^a   Lamb, Sarah E ^a   Doll, Helen A ^b   Carver, Patricia Taffe ^c   Stewart Brown, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOBILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4744361219     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38216.868808.7C     Document Type: Article

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