Amount of health care and self-care following a randomized clinical trial comparing flexion-distraction with exercise program for chronic low back pain

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Cambron, Jerrilyn A ^a,b   Gudavalli, M Ram ^a,c   McGregor, Marion ^d   Jedlicka, James ^a   Keenum, Michael ^e   Ghanayem, Alexander J ^f,g   Patwardhan, Avinash G ^f,g   Furner, Sylvia E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^d Independent Consultant   (United States)

^e Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^g HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33749066585     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-19     Document Type: Article

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