Cognitive functional therapy for disabling nonspecific chronic low back pain: Multiple case-cohort study

Physical Therapy

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1478-1488

  O’Sullivan, Kieran ^a   Dankaerts, Wim ^b   O’Sullivan, Leonard ^a   O’Sullivan, Peter B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84946221066     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20140406     Document Type: Article

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