Comparison of non-surgical treatment methods for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Schneider, Michael ^a   Ammendolia, Carlo ^b   Murphy, Donald ^c,d   Glick, Ronald ^e   Piva, Sara ^a   Hile, Elizabeth ^a   Tudorascu, Dana ^e   Morton, Sally C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Rhode Island Spine Center   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Lumbar spinal stenosis; Non surgical treatment; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF PACED WALKING TEST; SWISS SPINAL STENOSIS QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84901632261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-22-19     Document Type: Article

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