A classification and treatment protocol for low back disorders: Part 1–specific manual therapy

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 168-177

  Ford, Jon Joseph ^a   Thompson, Sarah Louise ^a   Hahne, Andrew John ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Classification; Clinical reasoning; Manipulation; Manual therapy; Subgroup

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859442885     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743288X11Y.0000000005     Document Type: Article

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