Are cervical physical outcome measures influenced by the presence of symptomatology?

Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Sterling, Michele ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Carlsson, Ylva ^b   Crommert, Louise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 0036355989     PISSN: 13582267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pri.248     Document Type: Article

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