Supervised walking in comparison with fitness training for chronic back pain in physiotherapy: Results of the SWIFT single-blinded randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN17592092)

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 131-147

  Hurley, Deirdre A ^a   Tully, Mark A ^b   Lonsdale, Chris ^c   Boreham, Colin A G ^a   Van Mechelen, Willem ^d   Daly, Leslie ^a   Tynan, Aódan ^e   McDonough, Suzanne M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back to Fitness Group class; Chronic low back pain; Physiotherapy; Randomized controlled trial; Walking programme

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IRELAND; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WALKING; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84989208810     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.0000000000000013     Document Type: Article

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