Predictors of physical therapy clinic performance in the treatment of patients with low back pain syndromes

Physical Therapy

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 989-1004

  Resnik, Linda ^a   Liu, Dawei ^a   Mor, Vince ^a   Hart, Dennis L ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ASSISTANT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SPONDYLOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY);

EID: 50849134224     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20070110     Document Type: Article

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