Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: The Nordic maintenance care program: case management of chiropractic patients with low back pain – defining the patients suitable for various management strategies. | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Research The Nordic maintenance care program case management of chiropractic patients with low back pain - defining the patients suitable for various management strategies Stefan Malmqvist 1 2 and Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde3 4 Open Access Address Department of Health Studies Faculty of Social Sciences University of Stavanger Stavanger Norway 2Norwegian Centre for Movement Disorders Stavanger University Hospital Stavanger Norway 3The Research Unit for Clinical Biomechanics University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark and 4Institut Franco-Europeen de Chiropratique Paris France Email Stefan Malmqvist - Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde - clyde@ Corresponding author Published 12 July 2009 Received 16 May 2009 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2009 17 7 doi 1746-1340-17-7 Accepted 12 July 2009 This article is available from http content 17 1 7 2009 Malmqvist and Leboeuf-Yde licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Maintenance care is a well known concept among chiropractors although there is little knowledge about its exact definition its indications and usefulness. As an initial step in a research program on this phenomenon it was necessary to identify chiropractors rationale for their use of maintenance care. Previous studies have identified chiropractors choices of case management strategies in response to different case scenarios. However the rationale for these management strategies is not known. In other words when presented with both the case and different management strategies there was consensus on how to match these but if only the management strategies were provided would chiropractors be able to define the cases
