Managing low back pain in primary care

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 128-132

  Maher, Chris G ^a,b   Williams, Chris ^a   Lin, Chris ^a,b   Latimer, Jane ^a,b  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesics; Diagnostic tests; Radiculopathy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BED REST; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MANAGED CARE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF CARE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 80053909067     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2011.069     Document Type: Article

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