Complexity in the physiotherapy management of low back disorders: Clinical and research implications

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-442

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

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Back pain; Classification; Randomised controlled trial; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BACK PAIN; CLASSIFICATION; RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 84883302436     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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