GP participation and recruitment of patients to RCTs: Lessons from trials of acupuncture and exercise for low back pain in primary care

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bell Syer, Sally E M ^a   Thorpe, Lucy N ^b   Thomas, Kate ^c   MacPherson, Hugh ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

EID: 78650736308     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nen044     Document Type: Article

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