Effectiveness of manual therapy compared to usual care by the general practitioner for chronic tension-type headache: Design of a randomised clinical trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Castien, René F ^a   Van Der Windt, Danille Awm ^b,c   Dekker, Joost ^b   Mutsaers, Bert ^d   Grooten, Anneke ^a  

^a Health Care Center Haarlemmermeer   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOBILIZATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACIC SPINE; ADOLESCENT; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MEDICAL LEAVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TENSION HEADACHE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POSTURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849189917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-21     Document Type: Article

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