Effect of exercise in the treatment of chronic low back pain: a systematic review, emphasising type and dose of exercise

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-117

  Hilde, Gunvor ^a   Bø, Kari ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

EXERCISE; LOW BACK PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAINING

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973274411     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.1998.3.2.107     Document Type: Review

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