Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 355-375 , June 2008

Measures in Chiropractic Research: Choosing Patient-Based Outcome Assessments

  • Raheleh Khorsan, MA

      Affiliations

    • Research Associate, Integrative Medicine and Military Medical Research, Samueli Institute, Corona del Mar, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Raheleh Khorsan, MA, Research Associate, Integrative Medicine, Samueli Institute, 2101 East Coast Hwy, Suite 300, Corona del Mar, CA 92625.
    • ,
  • Ian D. Coulter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif
    • Senior Health Scientist, RAND/Samueli Chair for Integrative Medicine and Senior Health Policy Researcher, RAND, Santa Monica, Calif
    • Adjunct Research Faculty, Southern California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, Calif
    • ,
  • Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Vice President of Research and Scholarship, Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, Mo and Los Angeles, Calif
    • ,
  • Christine Goertz Choate, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Executive Director, Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Davenport, Iowa

Received 26 September 2007 ,Revised 15 January 2008 ,Accepted 24 February 2008.

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 No conflict of interest exists for any of the authors of this study. The views, opinions and/or findings contained in this report are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy, or decision unless so designated by others.

 This work is supported by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command under Award No. W81XWH-06-1-0279 through the Samueli Institute.

PII: S0161-4754(08)00111-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.04.007

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 355-375 , June 2008

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