Rest versus exercise as treatment for patients with low back pain and Modic changes. A randomized controlled clinical trial

BMC Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jensen, Rikke K ^a,b   Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^a,b   Wedderkopp, Niels ^a,b   Sorensen, Joan S ^a   Manniche, Claus ^a,b  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; TREATMENT DURATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REST; SICK LEAVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860673068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-10-22     Document Type: Article

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