The role of chiropractic care in older adults

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dougherty, Paul E ^a,b   Hawk, Cheryl ^c   Weiner, Debra K ^d,e   Gleberzon, Brian ^f   Andrew, Kari ^g   Killinger, Lisa ^g  

^a NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

^d Anesthesiology and Psychiatry   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^g PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGED; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL MANIPULATIVE THERAPY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84861773616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-20-3     Document Type: Review

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