Does the use of a prescriptive clinical prediction rule increase the likelihood of applying inappropriate treatments? A survey using clinical vignettes

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 538-543

  Learman, Kenneth ^a   Showalter, Christopher ^b   Cook, Chad ^c  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Maitland Australian Physiotherapy Seminars   (United States)

^c WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical prediction rule; Low back pain; Manipulation; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE TREATMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRESCRIPTIVE CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; THERAPY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867649063     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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