A randomized trial of medical care with and without physical therapy and chiropractic care with and without physical modalities for patients with low back pain: 6-Month follow-up outcomes from the UCLA low back pain study

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2193-2204

  Hurwitz, Eric L ^a,b   Morgenstern, Hal ^a,b   Harber, Philip ^c   Kominski, Gerald F ^d   Belin, Thomas R ^d   Yu, Fei ^a   Adams, Alan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Low back pain; Managed care; Physical therapy; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; LOW BACK PAIN; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037109054     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200210150-00002     Document Type: Article

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