Motor control exercise for chronic low back pain: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1275-1286

  Costa, Leonardo O P ^a   Maher, Christopher G ^a,b   Latimer, Jane ^a,b   Hodges, Paul W ^c   Herbert, Robert D ^a,b   Refshauge, Kathryn M ^d   McAuley, James H ^a   Jennings, Matthew D ^e  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; OUTPATIENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 72849142411     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090218     Document Type: Article

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