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Article: Managing low back pain: attitudes and treatment preferences of physical therapists.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- March 1, 1994
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1994 American Physical Therapy Association, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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[Battie MC, Cherkin DC, Dunn R, et al. Managing low back pain: attitudes and treatment preferences of physical therapists Phys Ther 1994;74:219-226]
Key Words: Attitude of health personnel, Back, Backache, Physical therapy.
Most physical therapists regularly face the challenge of caring for patients with low back symptoms, and are doing so with greater frequency as utilization of physical therapy and other health care services for back problems increase.[1] Despite this increased use of health care services, back-related work intolerance, disability awards, and associated costs have risen.[1,2]
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