A practice-based study of patients with acute and chronic low back pain attending primary care and chiropractic physicians: Two-week to 48-month follow-up

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 160-169

  Haas, Mitchell ^a   Goldberg, Bruce ^b,c   Aickin, Mikel ^d   Ganger, Bonnie ^a   Attwood, Michael ^a  

^a Western States Chiropractic College   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Low Back Pain; Medical Care; Outcomes, Predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSERVATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342663135     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2003.12.020     Document Type: Article

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