Back problems
Multidisciplinary approach to chronic back pain: prognostic elements of the outcome
Clin Exp Rheumatol 1996; 14:281-8.
Elkayam O, Ben Itzhak S, Avrahami E, et al
Department of Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Israel.
Patients' views of receiving lessons in the Alexander technique and an exercise prescription for managing back pain in the ATEAM trial
Family Practice. 2010;272:198-204.
Yardley L, Dennison L, Coker R, Webley F, Middleton K, Barnett J, Beattie A, Evans M, Smith P, Little P
Participating in and delivering the ATEAM trial (Alexander technique lessons, exercise, and massage) interventions for chronic back pain: A qualitative study of professional perspectives
Complement Ther Med. 2010 Jun-Aug;18(3-4):119-27.
The impact of Alexander Technique lessons on chronic mechanical low back pain
Vickers AP, Ledwith F, Gibbens AO. The impact of the Alexander Technique on chronic mechanical low back pain.
Improvement in automatic postural coordination following Alexander Technique lessons in a person with low back pain
Phys Ther. 2005 Jun;85(6):565-78
Cacciatore, Horak FB,Henry SM
This single case study looks at the effect of Alexander Technique lessons on a 49 year old woman with low back pain.
Randomised controlled trial of Alexander Technique lessons, exercise, and massage (ATEAM) for patients with chronic low back pain
British Medical Journal 2008;337:a884.
Link to ATEAM trial in BMJ site
Link to ATEAM economic evaluation in BMJ website