A randomized trial of chiropractic manipulation and mobilization for patients with neck pain: Clinical outcomes from the UCLA neck-pain study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1634-1641

  Hurwitz, Eric L ^a   Morgenstern, Hal ^a   Harber, Philip ^a   Kominski, Gerald F ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Adams, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOBILIZATION; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036789224     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1634     Document Type: Article

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