Insoles for prevention and treatment of back pain: A systematic review within the framework of the cochrane collaboration back review group

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Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 924-933

  Sahar, Tali ^a   Cohen, Matan J ^b   Uval Ne'eman, Vered ^a   Kandel, Leonid ^a   Odebiyi, Daniel Oluwafemi ^c   Lev, Ishay ^a   Brezis, Mayer ^b   Lahad, Amnon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Backache; Cochrane collaboration; Insoles; Low back pain; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHOE; SHOE INSOLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACK PAIN; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SHOES;

EID: 67650649941     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819f29be     Document Type: Article

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