Management of LBP at primary care level in South Africa: up to standards?

African Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 698-706

  Major Helsloot, Mel E ^a,b   Crous, Lynette C ^a   Grimmer Somers, Karen ^a,c   Louw, Quinette A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Low back pain; Management; Primary care; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; VALIDATION PROCESS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84906926838     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i3.28     Document Type: Article

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