Basic Science Research Related to Chiropractic Spinal Adjusting: The State of the Art and Recommendations Revisited

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 726-761

  Cramer, Gregory ^a   Budgell, Brian ^b   Henderson, Charles ^c   Khalsa, Partap ^d   Pickar, Joel ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Immobility; Manipulation, Spinal; Research

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CINAHL; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DURA MATER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNERVATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDLINE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE SPINDLE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH PRIORITY; REVIEW; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SUBLUXATION; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WEIGHT BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

EID: 34548558565     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2006.09.003     Document Type: Review

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