The long-term effects of naprapathic manual therapy on back and neck pain - Results from a pragmatic randomized controlled trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Skillgate, Eva ^a,b,c,d   Bohman, Tony ^a   Holm, Lena W ^a,b   Vingård, Eva ^b   Alfredsson, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Naprapathögskolan Scandinavian College of Naprapathic Manual Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; NECK PAIN; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE MOBILITY; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BACKACHE; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NECK PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949404037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-26     Document Type: Article

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