Spinal manipulative therapy versus Graston Technique in the treatment of non-specific thoracic spine pain: Design of a randomised controlled trial

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 16, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Crothers, Amy ^a   Walker, Bruce ^a   French, Simon D ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE INJURY; STUDENT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 56649109940     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-16-12     Document Type: Article

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