A comparison between chiropractic management and pain clinic management for chronic low-back pain in a national health service outpatient clinic

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Wilkey, Adam ^a   Gregory, Michael ^b   Byfield, David ^b   McCarthy, Peter W ^b  

^a Royal Oldham Hospital ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 45749155212     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2007.0796     Document Type: Article

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