Stroke following chiropractic manipulation of the cervical spine

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 683-688

  Hufnagel, Andreas ^a   Hammers, Alexander ^a   Leonhardt, Georg ^a   Schönle, Paul Walter ^b   Böhm, Klaus Dieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Kliniken Schmieder   (Germany)

^c Neurologische Klinik Braunfels   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotid artery dissection; Cervical spine; Chiropractic manipulation; Stroke; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0032870498     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150050432     Document Type: Article

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