Adverse events among seniors receiving spinal manipulation and exercise in a randomized clinical trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 335-341

  Maiers, Michele ^a   Evans, Roni ^a   Hartvigsen, Jan ^b   Schulz, Craig ^a   Bronfort, Gert ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Elderly; Exercise; Spinal manipulation

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGING; ARM FRACTURE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYALGIA; NECK PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL MANIPULATIVE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE MANIPULATION; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925270049     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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