Development of a clinical prediction rule for guiding treatment of a subgroup of patients with neck pain: Use of thoracic spine manipulation, exercise, and patient education

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-23

  Cleland, Joshua A ^a,b,c   Childs, John D ^d   Fritz, Julie M ^e,f   Whitman, Julie M ^c   Eberhart, Sarah L ^b  

^a FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^c REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EXERCISE; FEAR AVOIDANCE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; NECK PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845999938     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060155     Document Type: Article

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