Spinal Curves and Health: A Systematic Critical Review of the Epidemiological Literature Dealing With Associations Between Sagittal Spinal Curves and Health

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 690-714

  Christensen, Sanne Toftgaard ^a   Hartvigsen, Jan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Back Pain; Chiropractic; Health; Kyphosis; Lordosis; Neck Pain; Review, Systematic; Spinal Curvatures

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHECKLIST; CINAHL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BACK PAIN; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CURVATURES;

EID: 56349139132     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.10.004     Document Type: Review

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