Psychosocial influences on low back pain: Why Should You care?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 609-613

  Main, Chris J ^a   George, Steven Z ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 79960959366     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.2011.91.5.609     Document Type: Editorial

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