How to treat a patient with chronic low back pain - Methodology and results of the first international case conference of integrative medicine

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-62

  Brinkhaus, Benno ^a   Lewith, George ^b   Rehberg, Benno ^a   Heusser, Peter ^c,d   Cummings, Mike ^e   Michalsen, Andreas ^f   Teut, Michael ^a   Willich, Stefan N ^a   Irnich, Dominik ^g  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS)   (United Kingdom)

^f Immanuel Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case conference; Chronic low back pain; Complementary and alternative medicine; Conventional medicine; Integrative medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTISONE; GABAPENTIN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PHENPROCOUMON; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL;

ADAPTATION; ALLODYNIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; HYPERESTHESIA; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; POLLEN ALLERGY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERAPY EFFECT; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79551513235     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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