Spinal manipulative therapy versus Graston Technique in the treatment of non-specific thoracic spine pain: design of a randomised controlled trial.
Background: The one year prevalence of thoracic back pain has been estimated as 17% compared to 64% for neck pain and 67% for low back pain. At present only one randomised controlled trial has been performed assessing the efficacy of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for thoracic spine pain. In addi...
| Publicado en: | Chiropractic & Osteopathy Vol. 16; no. 12; pp. 8p - 9 |
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| Formato: | algorithm pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article |
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BioMed Central
2008 Oct 30
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