Subgrouping patients with low back pain: A treatment-based approach to classification

Sports Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 534-542

  Hebert, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Koppenhaver, Shane L ^a,b   Walker, Bruce F ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

classification; decision making; exercise; low back pain; manual therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755220758     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738111415044     Document Type: Article

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