Manual Therapy in Primary Care of Acute Low Back Pain

An extension of the Low Back Pain: Outcomes and Efficiency of Care project, this trial involved a telephone survey of 325 enrolled low back pain patients. Subjects were interviewed four times over the course of 8 weeks and were asked about current low back discomfort, current clinical treatments and self-care behavior, as well as their health status in general.
Principal Investigator: Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH
UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Medicine
SRU Investigators: William D. Kalsbeek, PhD
Stephanie R. Earnshaw, MS
Source: Agency for Health Care Policy Research
Dates: January 1995 – August 1997

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