Chiropractic care of a geriatric patient with an acute fracture-subluxation of the eighth thoracic vertebra

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Alcantara, Joel ^a,b   Plaugher, Gregory ^b,c   Elbert, Richard A ^b,d   Cherachanko, Deborah ^c   Konlande, James E ^c   Casselman, Aaron M ^c  

^a International Chiropractic Pediatric Association   (United States)

^b Gonstead Clinical Studies Society   (United States)

^c Life Chiropractic College West   (United States)

^d Life Chiropractic West ^*

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Fracture; Geriatrics; Throacic Vertebra

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; MYALGIA; PALPATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPRAIN; THORACIC SPINE SUBLUXATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; CHIROPRACTIC; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; TIME; VERTEBRA;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342493790     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2003.12.026     Document Type: Article

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