An updated overview of clinical guidelines for chronic low back pain management in primary care

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-185

  Pillastrini, Paolo ^a   Gardenghi, Ivan ^a   Bonetti, Francesca ^a   Capra, Francesco ^a   Guccione, Andrew ^b   Mugnai, Raffaele ^a   Violante, Francesco S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic low back pain; Clinical guidelines; Diagnosis; Quality assessment; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; CINAHL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMBASE; EXERCISE; INTERNET; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84857798965     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: 17787254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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