A perspective for considering the risks and benefits of spinal manipulation in patients with low back pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-320

  Childs, John D ^a   Flynn, Timothy W ^b   Fritz, Julie M ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Manual therapy; Physical therapy; Relative risk; UK BEAM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751017402     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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