Review of methods used by chiropractors to determine the site for applying manipulation

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Triano, John J ^a   Budgell, Brian ^a   Bagnulo, Angela ^b   Roffey, Benjamin ^c   Bergmann, Thomas ^e   Cooperstein, Robert ^f   Gleberzon, Brian ^a   Good, Christopher ^g   Perron, Jacquelyn ^d   Tepe, Rodger ^h  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b private practice   (Canada)

^c Private Practice   (Canada)

^d Private Practice of Chiropractic   (Canada)

^e NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Palmer College of Chiropractic West   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^h LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Diagnostic accuracy; Reliability; Spinal manipulation; Validity

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CHIROPRACTOR; CINAHL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PEER REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL PAIN; SPINE MANIPULATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885713499     PISSN: 2045709X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-21-36     Document Type: Review

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