Spinal manipulation in the treatment of low back pain: a review of the literature with particular emphasis on randomized controlled clinical trials

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 185-194

  Mohseni Bandpei, Mohammad A ^a   Stephenson, Richard ^a   Richardson, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL; SPINAL MANIPULATION THERAPY

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000864616     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/ptr.1998.3.4.185     Document Type: Review

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