Defining health and disease: Setting the boundaries for physiotherapy. Are we undertreating or overtreating? How can we tell?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 1225-1226

  Baldwin, Jennifer N ^a   McKay, M J ^a   Hiller, C E ^a   Nightingale, E J ^a   Moloney, N ^a   Vanicek, N ^b   Ferreira, P ^a   Simic, M ^a   Refshauge, K ^a   Burns, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c Sydney Children's Hospitals Network Randwick and Westmead   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

DISABLED PERSONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84941940339     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094488     Document Type: Editorial

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