Pathoanatomy and classification of low back disorders

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-168

  Ford, Jon Joseph ^a   Hahne, Andrew John ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Diagnosis; Low back pain; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; GOLD STANDARD; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LOW BACK DISORDER; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE;

ACUTE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84875370222     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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