People with low back pain who have externalised beliefs need to see greater improvements in symptoms to consider exercises worthwhile: An observational study

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-275

  Oliveira, Vinícius Cunha ^a   Ferreira, Paulo H ^a,b   Ferreira, Manuela L ^b,c   Tibúrcio, Letícia ^c   Pinto, Rafael Zambelli ^a   Oliveira, Warley ^d   Dias, Rosângela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d Faculdade Pitágoras de Ipatinga   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Attitude to health; Data interpretation statistical; Health care surveys; Internal external control; Low back pain; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549093852     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(09)70007-8     Document Type: Article

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