Chiropractic Patients in Denmark 2002: An Expanded Description and Comparison With 1999 Survey

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 419-424

  Sorensen, Line Press ^a   Stochkendahl, Mette Jensen ^b   Hartvigsen, Jan ^b   Nilsson, Niels Grunnet ^a  

^a Nordic Institute of Chiropractic and Clinical Biomechanics ^*  (Denmark)

^b NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Denmark; Health Care Survey; Pain; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEX; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM;

ABSENTEEISM; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACK PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PELVIC PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746963457     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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