An overview of conservative treatment for lower back pain

International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-290

  Balagué, Federico ^a,b,c   Dudler, Jean ^a,d  

^a Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

disk herniation with sciatica; future developments; guidelines; injections; medication; self management; spinal stenosis; strategies; subacute chronic low back pain

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CALCITONIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DULOXETINE; IBUPROFEN; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORTRIPTYLINE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ERGONOMICS; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 79959471986     PISSN: 17584272     EISSN: 17584280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/ijr.11.13     Document Type: Review

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