The effectiveness of pilates exercise in people with chronic low back pain: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Wells, Cherie ^a,b   Kolt, Gregory S ^b   Marshall, Paul ^b   Hill, Bridget ^c   Bialocerkowski, Andrea ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILATES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; CHRONIC PAIN; KINESIOTHERAPY;

CHRONIC PAIN; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84903745785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100402     Document Type: Review

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