Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 364-370 , October 2008

Treating non-specific chronic low back pain through the Pilates Method

  • Roy La Touche

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapy and Human Movement Research Unit, Pilates Core Kinesis, Madrid, Spain
    • Physiotherapy Department, Medicine Faculty, San Pablo CEU University, Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad San Pablo CEU, C/Martín de los Heros, 60, 28008 Madrid, Spain.
    • ,
  • Karla Escalante

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapy and Human Movement Research Unit, Pilates Core Kinesis, Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • María Teresa Linares

      Affiliations

    • Physiotherapy Department, Medicine Faculty, San Pablo CEU University, Madrid, Spain

Received 17 September 2007 ,Revised 21 November 2007 ,Accepted 23 November 2007.

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PII: S1360-8592(07)00120-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.11.004

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 364-370 , October 2008

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