Assessment of diclofenac or spinal manipulative therapy, or both, in addition to recommended first-line treatment for acute low back pain: a randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 370, Issue 9599, 2007, Pages 1638-1643

  Hancock, Mark J ^a   Maher, Chris G ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   McLachlan, Andrew J ^a   Cooper, Chris W ^a   Day, Richard O ^a,b   Spindler, Megan F ^a   McAuley, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748977092     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61686-9     Document Type: Article

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