Adverse events from spinal manipulation in the pregnant and postpartum periods: A critical review of the literature

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Stuber, Kent J ^a   Wynd, Shari ^b   Weis, Carol Ann ^a  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b Texas Chiropractic College   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Chiropractic; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Spinal manipulative therapy

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIROPRACTIC; COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSARTHRIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FRACTURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SPEECH DISORDER; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE MANIPULATION; STROKE; UNSTEADINESS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS; VERTIGO;

EID: 84861779222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-20-8     Document Type: Article

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