Therapist knowledge, adherence and use of low back pain guidelines to inform clinical decisions - A national survey of manipulative and sports physiotherapists in New Zealand

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 136-142

  Hendrick, Paul ^a   Mani, Ramakrishnan ^b   Bishop, Annette ^c   Milosavljevic, Stephan ^b   Schneiders, Anthony G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Clinical guidelines; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84875367233     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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