Comparison of ribcage and posteroanterior thoracic spine stiffness: An investigation of the normal response

Manual Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-162

  Edmondston, S J ^a   Allison, G T ^a   Althorpe, B M ^a   McConnell, D R ^a   Samuel, K K ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STERNUM; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032868395     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1999.0202     Document Type: Article

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