Ankle manual therapy for individuals with post-acute ankle sprains: Description of a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Davenport, Todd E ^a   Kulig, Kornelia ^b   Fisher, Beth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE MANUAL THERAPY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; ANKLE INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANKLE INJURIES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPRAINS AND STRAINS;

EID: 77957921589     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-10-59     Document Type: Article

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