The Benefits Outweigh the Risks for Patients Undergoing Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain: A Prospective, Multicenter, Cohort Study

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 408-418

  Rubinstein, Sidney M ^a   Leboeuf Yde, Charlotte ^b   Knol, Dirk L ^a   de Koekkoek, Tammy E ^c   Pfeifle, Charles E ^c   van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences ^*

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse Effects; Cervical Vertebrae; Chiropractic; Manipulation; Neck Pain; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS;

EID: 34547731366     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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