Clinical prediction rules in the physiotherapy management of low back pain: A systematic review

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-21

  Haskins, Robin ^a   Rivett, Darren A ^a   Osmotherly, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Low back pain; Physical Therapy (Specialty); Probability

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83555165256     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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