A walking programme and a supervised exercise class versus usual physiotherapy for chronic low back pain: A single-blinded randomised controlled trial. (The Supervised Walking in comparison to Fitness Training for Back Pain (SWIFT) Trial)

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hurley, Deirdre A ^a   O'Donoghue, Grainne ^a   Tully, Mark A ^b   Moffett, Jennifer Klaber ^c   Van Mechelen, Willem ^d   Daly, Leslie ^a   Boreham, Colin Ag ^a   McDonough, Suzanne M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; EXERCISE; FEAR AVOIDANCE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WALKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEDICAL LEAVE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICK LEAVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 68149120386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-79     Document Type: Article

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