Immediate improvements in side-to-side weight bearing and iliac crest symmetry after manipulation in patients with low back pain

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 306-313

  Childs, John D ^a   Piva, Sara R ^b   Erhard, Richard E ^c  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Level of Health; Lumbar Spine; Measurement; Sacroiliac Joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2942603275     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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