The effects of side-posture positioning and spinal adjusting on the lumbar Z joints: A randomized controlled trial with sixty-four subjects

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 2459-2466

  Cramer, Gregory D ^a   Gregerson, Douglas M ^a   Knudsen, J Todd ^a   Hubbard, Bradley B ^a   Ustas, Leah M ^a   Cantu, Joe A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Spinal anatomy; Spinal manipulation; Zygapophysial joints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT MOBILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 0037111863     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200211150-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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