Non-specific low back pain

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9814, 2012, Pages 482-491

  Balagué, Federico ^a   Mannion, Anne F ^b   Pellisé, Ferran ^c   Cedraschi, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TANEZUMAB; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ATTITUDE TO DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTRADISCAL ELECTROTHERMAL THERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NOCICEPTION; NON SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84856639147     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60610-7     Document Type: Review

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