Clinical tests of musculoskeletal dysfunction in the diagnosis of cervicogenic headache

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-129

  Zito, G ^a   Jull, G ^b   Story, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical movement; Cervicogenic headache; Migraine; Muscle function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KINESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE AURA; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 33646337896     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.04.007     Document Type: Article

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