Back schools for acute and subacute non-specific low-back pain

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Poquet, Nolwenn ^a   Lin, Chung Wei Christine ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^b   van Tulder, Maurits W ^c   Esmail, Rosmin ^d   Koes, Bart W ^e   Maher, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

BACK SCHOOL; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISABILITY; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SHORT WAVE DIATHERMY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ACUTE PAIN; DIATHERMY; KINESIOTHERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

ACUTE PAIN; DIATHERMY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964469211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008325.pub2     Document Type: Review

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