The reporting of adverse events following spinal manipulation in randomized clinical trials—a systematic review

Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1143-1151

  Gorrell, Lindsay M ^a,b   Engel, Roger M ^a   Brown, Benjamin ^a   Lystad, Reidar P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Harms; Literature review; Manipulation, spinal; Randomized controlled trials; Spinal manipulative therapy

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYALGIA; NOMENCLATURE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINE MANIPULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC SPINE; WEAKNESS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FACTUAL DATABASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STANDARDS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84973537776     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.05.018     Document Type: Review

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