Serious adverse events after spinal manipulation: A systematic review of the Korean literature

Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 198-201

  Shin, Byung Cheul ^a   Lee, Myeong Soo ^b   Park, Tae Yong ^c   Ernst, Edzard ^d  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^c Okcheon Gun Health Center   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; harm; Korean medicine; safety; spinal manipulation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CHIROPRACTIC; DIZZINESS; FRACTURE; HEMATOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LIQUORRHEA; LOW BACK PAIN; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PARAPLEGIA; POSTURAL HEADACHE; SOUTH KOREA; SPINE DISEASE; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VERTIGO;

EID: 77956274269     PISSN: 14653753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7166.2010.01034.x     Document Type: Article

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