Musculoskeletal Disorders: Does the Osteopathic Medical Profession Demonstrate Its Unique and Distinctive Characteristics?

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 149-155

  Sun, Chao ^a   Desai, Gautam J ^a   Pucci, David S ^b   Jew, Sherman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DRUG THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OFFICE VISITS; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942510620     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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