tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "A demographic and epidemiological study of a Mexican chiropractic college public clinic"

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: A demographic and epidemiological study of a Mexican chiropractic college public clinic. | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Research A demographic and epidemiological study of a Mexican chiropractic college public clinic Daniel A Martinez Ronald L Rupert and Harrison T Ndetan Open Access Address Parker College of Chiropractic Research Institute Parker College of Chiropractic 2500 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas TX 75229 USA Email Daniel A Martinez - dmartinez@ Ronald L Rupert - rrupert@ Harrison T Ndetan - hndetan@ Corresponding author Published 19 March 2009 Received 13 August 2008 m I in zi- I À Accepted 19 March 2009 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2009 17 4 doi l746-l340-l 7-4 This article is available from http content l7 l 4 2009 Martinez et al 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 Descriptive studies of chiropractic patients are not new several have been performed in the . Australia Canada and Europe. None have been performed in a Latin American country. The purpose of this study is to describe the patients who visited a Mexican chiropractic college public clinic with respect to demographics and clinical characteristics. Methods This study was reviewed and approved by the IRB of Parker College of Chiropractic and the Universidad Estatal del Valle de Ecatepec UNEVE . Five hundred patient files from the UNEVE public clinic from May 2005 to May 2007 were selected from an approximate total number of 3 700. Information was collected for demographics chief complaints associated complaints and previous care sought. Results The sample comprised 306 female. Most files were in the age range of 40-59 years mean of years . The most frequent complaints were lumbar pain and extremity pain most commonly the .