Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 8 , Pages 616-624 , October 2009

Outcome of Pregnancy-Related Lumbopelvic Pain Treated According to a Diagnosis-Based Decision Rule: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study

  • Donald R. Murphy, DC

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Director, Rhode Island Spine Center, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Research, New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Donald R. Murphy, DC, Rhode Island Spine Center, 600 Pawtucket Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860
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  • Eric L. Hurwitz, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences and Epidemiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii
    • ,
  • Ericka E. McGovern, DC

      Affiliations

    • Staff Chiropractic Physician, Rhode Island Spine Center, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Received 28 March 2008 ,Revised 20 February 2009 ,Accepted 6 April 2009.

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 Second prize at the 2008 ACC.

PII: S0161-4754(09)00238-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.09.002

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 32, Issue 8 , Pages 616-624 , October 2009

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