Chiropractic & Manual Therapies


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Management of people with acute low-back pain: a survey of Australian chiropractors

Bruce F Walker1, Simon D French2,3*, Matthew J Page2, Denise A O'Connor2, Joanne E McKenzie2, Katherine Beringer2, Kerry Murphy2, Jenny L Keating4, Susan Michie5, Jill J Francis6 and Sally E Green2

Author Affiliations

1 School of Chiropractic and Sports Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch, 6150, Western Australia

2 School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Level 6, The Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia

3 Primary Care Research Unit, University of Melbourne, 200 Berkeley St, Carlton, Victoria, 3010, Australia

4 Department of Physiotherapy, School of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science, Monash University, PO Box 527 Frankston, Victoria, 3199 Australia

5 Centre for Outcomes Research and Effectiveness, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, WC1E 7HB, London, UK

6 Health Services Research Unit, Health Sciences Building, University of Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK

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Chiropractic & Manual Therapies 2011, 19:29 doi:10.1186/2045-709X-19-29

Published: 15 December 2011

Additional files

Additional file 1:

Patient vignettes. This file contains the five patient vignettes that were used in the survey.

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Additional file 2:

Investigations and intervention options for the five patient vignettes. This file shows the options available to the survey respondents for investigations and interventions for each of the patient vignettes.

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