Measures in Chiropractic Research: Choosing Patient-Based Outcome Assessments

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 355-375

  Khorsan, Raheleh ^a   Coulter, Ian D ^b,c,d   Hawk, Cheryl ^e   Choate, Christine Goertz ^f  

^a Samueli Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Cleveland Chiropractic College   (United States)

^f PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Manipulation; Outcome Measures; Pain Measurement; Review; Spinal

Indexed keywords

CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44949129061     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.04.007     Document Type: Review

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