A randomized trial of chiropractic and medical care for patients with low back pain: Eighteen-month follow-up outcomes from the UCLA low back pain study

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 611-621

  Hurwitz, Eric L ^a,b,d   Morgenstern, Hal ^b,c   Kominski, Gerald F ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Chiang, Lu May ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Low back pain; Managed care; Physical therapy; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SYMPTOM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645098009     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000202559.41193.b2     Document Type: Article

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