Fourré, Antoine; UMONS - University of Mons [BE] > Department of Neurosciences > Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology
Vanderstraeten, Rob; UA - University of Antwerp [BE] > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (MOVANT)
Ris, Laurence
Bastiaens, Hilde
Michielsen, Jozef
Demoulin, Christophe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Kinésithérapie spécifique et réadaptation motrice
Darlow, Ben
Roussel, Nathalie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité ; UA - University of Antwerp [BE] > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy (MOVANT)
Language :
English
Title :
Management of Low Back Pain: Do Physiotherapists Know the Evidence-Based Guidelines?
Publication date :
23 April 2023
Journal title :
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN :
1660-4601
eISSN :
1661-7827
Publisher :
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), Basel, Switzerland
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