Low back pain among medical students

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Moroder, Philipp ^a   Runer, Armin ^a,b   Resch, Herbert ^a   Tauber, Mark ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Medical students; Physical education students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79955813363     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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