A cross-sectional analysis of clinical outcomes following chiropractic care in veterans with and without post-traumatic stress disorder

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 578-583

  Dunn, Andrew S ^a,b   Passmore, Steven R ^a,b   Burke, Jeanmarie ^b   Chicoine, David ^b  

^a VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHIROPRACTIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHIROPRACTIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; NECK PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 71449098888     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-02-3508     Document Type: Article

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