The kinematics and intra- and inter-therapist consistencies of lower cervical rotational manipulation

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-401

  Ngan, Jim M W ^a   Chow, Daniel H K ^b   Holmes, Andrew D ^b  

^a TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Kinematics; Manipulation; Rotation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CAMERAS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CERVICAL ROTATIONAL MANIPULATION; IN VIVO KINEMATICS; KINEMATIC PARAMETERS; THERAPISTS;

KINEMATICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; ROTATION; TECHNIQUE; TRUNK;

EID: 18044398539     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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