Outcomes of usual chiropractic, harm & efficacy, the ouch study: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Walker, Bruce F ^a   Losco, Barrett ^a   Clarke, Brenton R ^a   Hebert, Jeff ^a   French, Simon ^b,c   Stomski, Norman J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; SAMPLE SIZE;

CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054999470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-235     Document Type: Article

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