Physiotherapists' treatment approach towards neck pain and the influence of a behavioural graded activity training: An exploratory study

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Vonk, Frieke ^a   Pool, Jan J M ^b   Ostelo, Raymond W J G ^b   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Neck pain; Physiotherapists; Treatment approach

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 60649086560     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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