Severity of disability in elderly patients with low back pain in Amritsar, Punjab

Anthropologist

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-268

  Koley, Shyamal ^a   Singh, Gurpreet ^b   Sandhu, Rupali ^c  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KVMDAV Physiotherapy Centre   (India)

^c St Soldiers Physiotherapy College   (India)

Author keywords

Oswestry pain questionnaire; Pain measuring variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149090242     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2008.11891060     Document Type: Article

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