Patients' views of receiving lessons in the Alexander Technique and an exercise prescription for managing back pain in the ATEAM trial

Family Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-204

  Yardley, Lucy ^a   Dennison, Laura ^a   Coker, Rebecca ^a   Webley, Frances ^a   Middleton, Karen ^a   Barnett, Jane ^a   Beattie, Angela ^b   Evans, Maggie ^b   Smith, Peter ^a   Little, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Complementary therapies; Exercise; Low back pain; Patient acceptance of health care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77950955311     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp093     Document Type: Article

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