Physical activity as a prognostic factor of pain intensity and disability in patients with low back pain: A systematic review

Identifying factors that influence the course of low back pain (LBP) is important to help clinicians to identify those patients at higher risk of non‐recovery. The objective of this systematic review was to investigate the prognostic role of physical activity in the course of LBP.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  European Journal of Pain

• Publication date

  2019-05-14

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/ejp.1395PMID 30920074
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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