Osteopathic manipulative treatment for nonspecific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Franke, Helge ^a   Franke, Jan David ^a   Fryer, Gary ^b,c  

^a Institute for Osteopathic Studies   (Germany)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Osteopathic manipulative treatment; Spinal manipulation; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; LOW BACK PAIN; META ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE TREATMENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; FEMALE; POSTNATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906959766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-15-286     Document Type: Article

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