Application of a diagnosis-based clinical decision guide in patients with neck pain

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Murphy, Donald R ^a,b,c   Hurwitz, Eric L ^d  

^a Rhode Island Spine Center   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS BASED CLINICAL DECISION GUIDE; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; TEMPORAL ARTERY;

EID: 84855275944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-19-19     Document Type: Article

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