Managing Injuries of the Neck Trial (MINT): Design of a randomised controlled trial of treatments for whiplash associated disorders

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Lamb, Sarah E ^a,b   Gates, Simon ^a   Underwood, M R ^m   Cooke, Matthew W ^a   Ashby, Deborah ^d   Szczepura, Ala ^a,m   Williams, Mark A ^a   Williamson, Esther M ^a   Withers, Emma J ^a   Mt Isa, Shahrul ^d   Gumber, Anil ^a   Lamb, S ^m   Cooke, M W ^m   Gates, S ^m   Ashby, D ^m   Joseph, S ^m   Griffiths, F E ^m   Williams, M ^m   Withers, E J ^m   Craven, L ^m   Williamson, E M ^m   Ritchie, C ^m   Lowe, J ^m   Kempson, S ^m   Henderson, E ^m   Hunt, C ^m   Trickey, R ^m   Gray, B ^m   Oastler, E ^m   Doyle, P ^e   Barooah, M ^f   Ahee, P ^g   Kendall, J ^h   Sakr, M ⁱ   Hormbrey, P ^b   McCabe, S ^j   Morrell, R ^k   Dunn, M ^l   Mt Isa, S ^m   Gumber, A ^m   Driscoll, Peter ^m   Moffett, Jennifer Klaber ^m   Eldridge, Sandra ^m   Wakeman, Mike ^m   Carson, Anne ^m   Lamb, S E ^m   Peters, Tim ^m   Barker, Karen ^m   Coates, Tim ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SELLY OAK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j Gloucestershire Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^k ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^l WARWICK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^m Warwick Hospital ^*

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; SYMPTOM; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33847158392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-7     Document Type: Article

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