Manual Therapy Provided by Physical Therapists in a Hospital-Based Setting: A Retrospective Analysis

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 338-343

  Cook, Chad ^a   Cook, Amy ^b   Worrell, Teddy ^c  

^a Center for Excellence in Surgical Outcomes   (United States)

^b Contract Physical Therapist ^*  (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Database; Hospitals; Manual Therapy; Physical Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RADICULITIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44949146407     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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