Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 281-289 , April 2010

Challenges in using evidence to inform your clinical practice in low back pain

  • Raymond Ostelo, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Department of Health Sciences, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Peter Croft, MD, PhD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences, Keele University, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Trudy van der Weijden, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice/School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, the Netherlands
    • ,
  • Maurits van Tulder, PhD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Department of Health Sciences, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2009.12.006

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 281-289 , April 2010

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