Extrinsic feedback and management of low back pain: A critical review of the literature

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-239

  Ribeiro, Daniel Cury ^a   Sole, Gisela ^a   Abbott, J Haxby ^b   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Back pain; Exercise therapy; Feedback; Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DATA BASE; EXTRINSIC FEEDBACK; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953294298     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.12.001     Document Type: Review

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