Pragmatic application of a clinical prediction rule in primary care to identify patients with low back pain with a good prognosis following a brief spinal manipulation intervention

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fritz, Julie M ^a,b   Childs, John D ^c   Flynn, Timothy W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944483504     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-29     Document Type: Article

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