Providing services for acute low-back pain: A survey of Australian physiotherapists

Manual Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 145-152

  Keating, Jennifer L ^a   McKenzie, Joanne E ^a   O'Connor, Denise A ^a   French, Simon ^b   Walker, Bruce F ^c   Charity, Melanie ^d,e   Page, Matthew J ^a   Green, Sally E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Behaviour; Clinical practice guideline; Physiotherapists; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BED REST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SPINE FRACTURE; VIGNETTE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84960802163     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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