The lumbosacral spine: Kinesiology, physical rehabilitation, and interventional pain medicine

Clinical Kinesiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 22-50

  Wininger, Kevin L ^a  

^a Orthopaedic and Spine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Crosswalk; Low back pain; Nonoperative intervention; Systematic review; Therapeutic exercise

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KINESIOLOGY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHOBIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL CANAL; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77957854228     PISSN: 08969620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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