Determining cavitation location during lumbar and thoracic spinal manipulation: Is spinal manipulation accurate and specific?

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1452-1457

  Ross, J Kim ^a,b   Bereznick, David E ^a,b   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Cavitation; Manipulation; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CAVITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PALPATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VIBRATION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 3042776741     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000129024.95630.57     Document Type: Article

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