Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 167-175 , May 2007

Attitudes to back pain amongst musculoskeletal practitioners: A comparison of professional groups and practice settings using the ABS-mp

  • Tamar Pincus

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX.
    • ,
  • Nadine E Foster

      Affiliations

    • Primary Care Sciences Research Centre, Keele University, UK
    • ,
  • Steven Vogel

      Affiliations

    • The Research Centre, British School of Osteopathy, UK
    • ,
  • Rita Santos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
    • ,
  • Alan Breen

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Musculoskeletal Research and Clinical Implementation, AECC, Parkwood Road, Bournemouth BH5 2DF, UK
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  • Martin Underwood

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and The London, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Received 19 May 2005 ,Revised 6 February 2006 ,Accepted 2 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.06.005

Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 167-175 , May 2007

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