Measuring physiotherapy performance in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: A prospective study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jamtvedt, Gro ^a,b   Dahm, Kristin Thuve ^a   Holm, Inger ^c,d   Flottorp, Signe ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILIZATION; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORWAY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCORING SYSTEM; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TRACTION THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINESIOTHERAPY; PAIN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NORWAY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 47649089474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-145     Document Type: Article

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