Development and validation of providers' and patients' measurement instruments to evaluate adverse events after spinal manipulation therapy

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 451-466

  Pohlman, Katherine A ^a   O'Beirne, Maeve ^b   Thiel, Haymo ^c   Cassidy, J David ^d,e   Mior, Silvano ^f   Hurwitz, Eric L ^g   Westaway, Michael ^h,i   Ishaque, Sana ^a   Yager, Jerome ^a   Vohra, Sunita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h LifeMark Health   (Canada)

ⁱ MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse event; Chiropractic; Instrument; Physiotherapist; Spinal manipulation therapy; Validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PATIENT MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROVIDER MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL MANIPULATION THERAPY;

EID: 84926420984     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: 18763839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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