Barriers and progress in the treatment of low back pain

BMC Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Foster, Nadine E ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053343270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-9-108     Document Type: Note

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