Chiropractic management of a veteran with lower back pain associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hypertrophy and degenerative disk disease

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 293-299

  Roberts, Jan A ^a   Wolfe, Tristy M ^a  

^a HealthQuest Chiropractic   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Chiropractic; Geriatric; Hyperostosis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal; Low back pain; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870160915     PISSN: 15563707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcm.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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