The amelioration of symptoms in cervical spinal stenosis with spinal cord deformation through specific chiropractic manipulation: A case report with long-term follow-up

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Kukurin, George W ^a,b  

^a DACAN ^*

^b DACAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical Spine; Chiropractic; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; CAUSALGIA; CHIROPRACTIC; NECK INJURY; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; CAUSALGIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; NECK INJURIES; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 2942523125     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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