Immediate effects of thoracic manipulation in patients with neck pain: A randomized clinical trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-135

  Cleland, Joshua A ^a,b   Childs, Maj John D ^c   McRae, Meghann ^d   Palmer, Jessica A ^a   Stowell, Thomas ^a  

^a FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Rehabilitation Services of Concord Hospital   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Monadnock Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical pain; Manual therapy; Mechanical neck pain; Thoracic spine manipulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; THORACIC SPINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19544390915     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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