A non-surgical approach to the management of lumbar spinal stenosis: A prospective observational cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Murphy, Donald R ^a,b,c   Hurwitz, Eric L ^d   Gregory, Amy A ^a   Clary, Ronald ^a  

^a Rhode Island Spine Center   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; ADULT; CHIROPRACTIC; DISABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL STENOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644927845     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-16     Document Type: Article

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