Improved evidence-based management of acute musculoskeletal pain

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 527-528

  de Jager, Julien P ^a   Ahern, Michael J ^b  

^a GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ARTHRALGIA; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; KNEE PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MORBIDITY; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SHOULDER PAIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 9144257924     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06435.x     Document Type: Editorial

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