Dose response and efficacy of spinal manipulation for chronic cervicogenic headache: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-128

  Haas, Mitchell ^a   Spegman, Adele ^b   Peterson, David ^a   Aickin, Mikel ^c   Vavrek, Darcy ^a  

^a Western States Chiropractic College   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic headache; Chiropractic; Dose response; Neck pain; Randomized trial; Spinal manipulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASSAGE; MODIFIED VON KORFF SCALE; NECK PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SPINAL MANIPULATIVE THERAPY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75149192134     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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