Cervical mobilisation: Concurrent effects on pain, sympathetic nervous system activity and motor activity

Manual Therapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 72-81

  Sterling, M ^a   Jull, G ^b   Wright, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b School of Medical Rehabilitation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECK MUSCLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

EID: 0034931770     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.2000.0378     Document Type: Article

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