Cervical arterial dysfunction assessment and manual therapy

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-253

  Kerry, Roger ^a   Taylor, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Nottingham Nuffield Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Clinical reasoning; Haemodynamics; Internal carotid artery; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL INSUFFICIENCY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL ARTERIAL DYSFUNCTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTION TEST; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NECK PAIN; NEUROANATOMY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; NECK PAIN; RISK FACTORS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33750282251     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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