Manipulative therapy and/or NSAIDs for acute low back pain: Design of a randomized controlled trial [ACTRN012605000036617]

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hancock, Mark J ^a   Maher, Christopher G ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   McLachlan, Andrew J ^a   Cooper, Chris W ^b   Day, Richard O ^c   Spindler, Megan F ^a   McAuley, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Balmain Hospital   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 28644448794     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-57     Document Type: Article

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