A Nonsurgical Approach to the Management of Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-287

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

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Rhode Island Spine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical Vertebra; Exercise Therapy; Intervertebral Disk Displacement; Manipulation; Radiculopathy; Spinal; Spinal Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 33645871655     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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