Physiotherapy
Volume 96, Issue 3 , Pages 198-205 , September 2010

A national framework for supporting improvements in the physiotherapy assessment and management of low back pain: the Scottish experience

  • Fraser Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Glasgow, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Greater Glasgow Back Pain Service, Clydebank Health Centre, Kilbowie Road, Glasgow G81 2TQ, UK. Tel.: +44 0141 531 6329.
    • ,
  • Lesley Holdsworth

      Affiliations

    • NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Glasgow, UK
    • ,
  • Danny Rafferty

      Affiliations

    • School of Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK

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Physiotherapy
Volume 96, Issue 3 , Pages 198-205 , September 2010

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