Reliability of the cervical range of motion device in measuring upper cervical motion

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-36

  Dhimitri, Kenneth ^b   Brodeur, Suzette ^b   Croteau, Michele ^b   Richard, Stephanie ^b   Seymour, Connie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Range of motion; Reliability; Spine; Tests and measurements

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0031977167     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/jmt.1998.6.1.31     Document Type: Article

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