NASS Contemporary Concepts in Spine Care: Spinal manipulation therapy for acute low back pain

Spine Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 918-940

  Dagenais, Simon ^a,b   Gay, Ralph E ^c   Tricco, Andrea C ^d   Freeman, Michael D ^e   Mayer, John M ^f  

^a Palladian Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Spinal manipulation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BED REST; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIATHERMY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHAM PROCEDURE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957239335     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2010.07.389     Document Type: Review

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