Survey of general practitioner, family physician, and chiropractor's beliefs regarding the management of acute whiplash patients

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 2173-2177

  Ferrari, Robert ^a,b   Russell, Anthony Science ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiropractor; Physician; Questionnaire survey; Treatment; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BED REST; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; THINKING; TRACTION THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; URBAN AREA; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 14844359112     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000141184.86744.37     Document Type: Review

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