Pilates for low back pain

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Yamato, Tiê P ^a   Maher, Christopher G ^a   Saragiotto, Bruno T ^a   Hancock, Mark J ^b   Ostelo, Raymond W J G ^c   Cabral, Cristina M N ^d   Menezes Costa, Luciola C ^d   Costa, Leonardo O P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^e University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILATES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; KINESIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME;

EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84957423198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD010265.pub2     Document Type: Review

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