Effectiveness of focused structural massage and relaxation massage for chronic low back pain: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cherkin, Daniel C ^a   Sherman, Karen J ^a   Kahn, Janet ^b   Erro, Janet H ^a   Deyo, Richard A ^c   Haneuse, Sebastien J ^a   Cook, Andrea J ^a  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOCUSED STRUCTURAL MASSAGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASSAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION MASSAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 71149116568     PISSN: 17456215     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-10-96     Document Type: Article

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