Pain: Limitations of guidelines for low back pain therapy

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 473-474

  Furlan, Andrea D ^a   Pennick, Vicki ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROSURGERY; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 70350512831     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2009.172     Document Type: Article

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