A preliminary investigation into the relationship between cervical snags and sympathetic nervous system activity in the upper limbs of an asymptomatic population

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 214-224

  Moulson, Andrea ^a   Watson, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Manual therapy; Sustained natural apophyseal glides (SNAGs); Sympathoexcitation

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSTAINED NATURAL APOPHYSEAL GLIDE TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746524332     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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