Current understanding of the relationship between cervical manipulation and stroke: What does it mean for the chiropractic profession?

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 18, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Murphy, Donald R ^a,b,c  

^a Rhode Island Spine Center   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISSECTION; CERVICAL MANIPULATIVE THERPAY; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STROKE;

EID: 77955118951     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-18-22     Document Type: Note

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