Ottawa panel evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on therapeutic massage for neck pain

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-325

  Brosseau, Lucie ^b,f   Wells, George A ^a,b   Tugwell, Peter ^a,b,c   Casimiro, Lynn ^b,f   Novikov, Michael ^b   Loew, Laurianne ^b   Sredic, Danijel ^b   Clément, Sarah ^b   Gravelle, Amélie ^b   Hua, Kevin ^b   Kresic, Daniel ^b   Lakic, Ana ^b   Ménard, Gabrielle ^b   Côté, Pascale ^b   Leblanc, Ghislain ^b   Sonier, Mathieu ^b   Cloutier, Alexandre ^b   McEwan, Jessica ^b   Poitras, Stéphane ^b   Furlan, Andrea ^g   Gross, Anita ^m   Dryden, Trish ^h   Muckenheim, Ron ⁱ   Côté, Raynald ^j   Paré, Véronique ^j   Rouhani, Alexandre ^k   Léonard, Guillaume ^l   Finestone, Hillel M ^d   Laferrière, Lucie ^e   Dagenais, Simon ⁿ   De Angelis, Gino ^b   Cohoon, Courtney ^b   more..

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Institute of Population Health   (Canada)

^d Élisabeth Bruyére Health Centre   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^f INSTITUT DU SAVOIR MONTFORT   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^h CENTENNIAL COLLEGE   (Canada)

ⁱ Everest College St Laurent   (Canada)

^j Academy of Massage and Orthotherapy   (Canada)

^k Centre de Massothérapie et Soins Corporels l'Orchidée   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^m MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁿ Palladian Health   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Massage therapy; Neck pain; Randomized controlled trial; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; NECK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANGE OF MOTION; THERAPY EFFECT;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; NECK PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84862203739     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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