Effectiveness of four conservative treatments for subacute low back pain: A randomized clinical trial

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Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1142-1148

  Hsieh, Chang Yu J ^a,d   Adams, Alan H ^a   Tobis, Jerome ^b   Hong, Chang Zern ^b   Danielson, Clark ^c   Platt, Katherine ^a   Hoehler, Fred ^d   Reinsch, Sibylle ^b   Rubel, Arthur ^b  

^a Los Angeles College of Chiropractic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hagerty Stewart   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Back school; Chiropractic; Effectiveness; Joint manipulation; Low back pain; Myofascial pain syndrome; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036605674     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200206010-00003     Document Type: Article

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