Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Injuries Sustained by Students While Attending a Chiropractic College

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-148

  Ndetan, Harrison T ^a   Rupert, Ronald L ^a   Bae, Sejong ^b   Singh, Karan P ^b  

^a Parker University Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Cumulative Trauma Disorders; Low Back; Neck; Risk; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTIC STUDENT; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NECK INJURY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACK INJURIES; CHIROPRACTIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHOULDER PAIN; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WRIST INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349092969     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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