Efficacy of spinal manual therapy in non-specific acute low back pain

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 358-360

  Hussain, Imran ^a   Hussain Shah, Syed Imtiaz ^a   Amjad, Imran ^a  

^a RIPHAH INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; General spinal exercises; Spinal manual therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL MANUAL THERAPY; SPINAL PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887398395     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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