Risk of vertebrobasilar stroke and chiropractic care: Results of a population-based case-control and case-crossover study

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Cassidy, J David ^a,b,c   Boyle, Eleanor ^a,b   Côté, Pierre ^a,b,c,d   He, Yaohua ^a,b   Hogg Johnson, Sheilah ^c,d   Silver, Frank L ^a,e   Bondy, Susan J ^c  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Case crossover studies; Chiropractic; Complications; Neck pain; Primary care; Vertebrobasilar stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHIROPRACTIC; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NECK PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CHIROPRACTIC; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 38549098574     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181644600     Document Type: Article

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