Spinal manipulation force and duration affect vertebral movement and neuromuscular responses

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 254-262

  Colloca, Christopher J ^a,f   Keller, Tony S ^b   Harrison, Deed E ^c   Moore, Robert J ^d   Gunzburg, Robert ^e   Harrison, Donald D ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

^c Chiropractic Biophysics Non profit Inc   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e Eeuwfeestkliniek   (Belgium)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dynamic loading; Electromyography; Lumbar spine; Spinal manipulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

FORCE-TIME PROFILES; LUMBAR SPLINE; SPINAL MANIPULATION;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; LUMBAR SPINE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 31544460918     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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