Back Schools for chronic non-specific low back pain

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

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

^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)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85028387005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011674.pub2     Document Type: Review

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