Manipulation and mobilisation for neck pain contrasted against an inactive control or another active treatment

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Gross, Anita ^a   Langevin, Pierre ^b   Burnie, Stephen J ^c   Bédard Brochu, Marie Sophie ^b   Empey, Brian ^d   Dugas, Estelle ^b   Faber Dobrescu, Michael ^b   Andres, Cristy ^e   Graham, Nadine ^a   Goldsmith, Charles H ^f   Brønfort, Gert ^g   Hoving, Jan L ^h   Leblanc, Francis ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d Be in Motion Physiotherapy   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROTHERAPY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; METHODOLOGY; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULAR PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SECONDARY HEADACHE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHRONIC PAIN; CONVALESCENCE; MASSAGE; META ANALYSIS; NECK; PROCEDURES; THORAX; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUTE PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MASSAGE; NECK; NECK PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THORAX; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84964693386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004249.pub4     Document Type: Review

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