How Important is Research-Based Practice to Chiropractors and Massage Therapists?

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-115

  Suter, Esther ^a,b   Vanderheyden, Laura C ^c   Trojan, Lana S ^b,c   Verhoef, Marja J ^b,c   Armitage, Gail D ^a  

^a Health Systems and Workforce Research Unit   (Canada)

^b Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education and Research Network of Alberta ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Evidence Based Medicine; Massage; Questionnaires; Research Activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; CHIROPRACTIC; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASSAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEER REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CANADA; CHIROPRACTIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 33847210338     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.12.013     Document Type: Article

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