Use of complementary alternative medicine for low back pain consulting in general practice: A cohort study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Chenot, Jean François ^a   Becker, Annette ^a,b   Leonhardt, Corinna ^b   Keller, Stefan ^b,c   Donner Banzhoff, Norbert ^b   Baum, Erika ^b   Pfingsten, Michael ^a   Hildebrandt, Jan ^a   Basler, Heinz Dieter ^b   Kochen, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38949175354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-7-42     Document Type: Article

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