Treating non-specific chronic low back pain through the Pilates Method

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 364-370

  La Touche, Roy ^a,b   Escalante, Karla ^a   Linares, María Teresa ^b  

^a Physiotherapy and Human Movement Research Unit   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Low back pain; Pilates; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBASE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PILATES; RATING SCALE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN;

EID: 51649097926     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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