A comparison of active and simulated chiropractic manipulation as adjunctive treatment for childhood asthma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1013-1020

  Balon, Jeffrey ^a   Aker, Peter D ^a   Crowther, Edward R ^a   Danielson, Clark ^b   Cox, P Gerard ^c   O'Shaughnessy, Denise ^c   Walker, Corinne ^c   Goldsmith, Charles H ^c   Duku, Eric ^c   Sears, Malcolm R ^c  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b Los Angeles College of Chiropractic   (United States)

^c ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHIROPRACTIC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SPIROMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032497491     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810083391501     Document Type: Article

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