A comparison of physical therapy, chiropractic manipulation, and provision of an educational booklet for the treatment of patients with low back pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1021-1029

  Cherkin, Daniel C ^a,b,d   Deyo, Richard A ^a   Battié, Michele ^c   Street, Janet ^a   Barlow, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHIROPRACTIC; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032497501     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199810083391502     Document Type: Article

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