Spinal manipulation and home exercise with advice for subacute and chronic back-related leg pain: A trial with adaptive allocation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 381-391

  Bronfort, Gert ^a   Hondras, Maria A ^b   Schulz, Craig A ^c   Evans, Roni L ^a   Long, Cynthia R ^b   Grimm, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACK RELATED LEG PAIN; BACKACHE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HOME CARE; HOME EXERCISE AND ADVICE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SELF REPORT; SPINAL MANIPULATIVE THERAPY; SPORT INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEG; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907220407     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M14-0006     Document Type: Article

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