Comparison of the short-term effects of chiropractic spinal manipulation and occipito-sacral decompression in the treatment of infant colic: A single-blinded, randomised, comparison trial

Clinical Chiropractic

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 122-129

  Browning, Maria ^a   Miller, Joyce ^a  

^a ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Colic; Manipulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949086157     PISSN: 14792354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clch.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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