Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 651-658 , November 2008

Chiropractic Management of Low Back Disorders: Report From a Consensus Process

  • Gary A. Globe, MBA, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Provost and Academic Dean, Cleveland Chiropractic College Los Angeles, Calif; Vice President of Institutional Assessment and Planning, Cleveland Chiropractic College, Kansas City, Mo and Los Angeles, Calif
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  • Craig E. Morris, DC

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Cleveland Chiropractic College, Los Angeles, Calif
    • Clinical Director, F.I.R.S.T. Health, Torrance, Calif
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  • Wayne M. Whalen, DC

      Affiliations

    • Immediate Past Chair, Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters, Lexington, SC
    • Clinical Director, Whalen Chiropractic, Santee Calif
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  • Ronald J. Farabaugh, DC

      Affiliations

    • Vice Chair, Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters, Lexington, SC
    • Clinic Director, Farabaugh Chiropractic Clinic, Columbus, Ohio
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  • Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Chair, Scientific Commission of Council on Chiropractic Guidelines and Practice Parameters, Lexington, SC; Vice President of Research and Scholarship, Cleveland Chiropractic Research Center, Kansas City, Mo and Los Angeles, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Cheryl Hawk, DC, PhD, Vice President of Research and Scholarship, Cleveland Chiropractic Research Center. Kansas City and Los Angeles, USA

Received 29 April 2008 ,Revised 2 July 2008 ,Accepted 8 September 2008.

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 All authors, independent reviewers, and panelists participated without compensation from any organization. Cleveland Chiropractic College made an in-kind contribution to the project by allowing Drs Globe and Hawk to devote a portion of their work time to this project.

PII: S0161-4754(08)00276-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.10.006

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 651-658 , November 2008

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