Development of a clinical prediction rule to identify patients with neck pain likely to benefit from cervical traction and exercise

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 382-391

  Raney, Nicole H ^a   Petersen, Evan J ^b   Smith, Tracy A ^c   Cowan, James E ^d   Rendeiro, Daniel G ^e   Deyle, Gail D ^f   Childs, John D ^f  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Army Physical Fitness Research Institute   (United States)

^d Naval Special Warfare Center   (United States)

^e CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical traction; Classification; Neck pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRACTION;

EID: 67349278173     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0859-7     Document Type: Article

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