Early physical therapy vs usual care in patients with recent-onset low back pain: A randomized clinical trial

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1459-1467

  Fritz, Julie M ^a   Magel, John S ^a,b   McFadden, Molly ^a   Asche, Carl ^c   Thackeray, Anne ^a,b   Meier, Whitney ^a   Brennan, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 DIMENSIONAL EUROQOL; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEAR AVOIDANCE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN CATASTROPHIZING SCALE; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOOTING PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATASTROPHIZING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATASTROPHIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84944076859     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.11648     Document Type: Article

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