Can we explain heterogeneity among randomized clinical trials of exercise for chronic back pain? A meta-regression analysis of randomized controlled trials

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1383-1403

  Ferreira, Manuela L ^a   Smeets, Rob J E M ^b   Kamper, Steven J ^a   Ferreira, Paulo H ^a   Machado, Luciana A C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952836002     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090332     Document Type: Article

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