Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 403-411 , September 2003

A pilot study for a randomized clinical trial assessing chiropractic care, medical care, and self-care education for acute and subacute neck pain patients

  • Roni Evans, DC

      Affiliations

    • Director, Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies, Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington, Minn, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Roni Evans, Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies, Northwestern Health Sciences University, 2501 W 84th Street, Bloomington, MN 55431, USA
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  • Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wolfe-Harris Center for Clinical Studies, Northwestern Health Sciences University, Bloomington, Minn, USA
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  • Sarah Bittell, DC

      Affiliations

    • Private practice of chiropractic, Minnetonka, Minn, USA
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  • Alfred V Anderson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pain Assessment and Rehabilitation Center, Edina, Minn, USA

Received 18 September 2001 ,Revised 30 October 2002

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☆ This study was funded by the Consortial Center for Chiropractic Research through the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0161-4754(03)00093-9

doi: 10.1016/S0161-4754(03)00093-9

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 403-411 , September 2003

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