Flexion Mobilizations With Movement Techniques: the Immediate Effects on Range of Movement and Pain in Subjects With Low Back Pain

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 178-185

  Konstantinou, Kika ^a   Foster, Nadine ^b   Rushton, Alison ^c   Baxter, David ^d   Wright, Christine ^c   Breen, Alan ^e  

^a HAYWOOD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physical Therapy; Range of Motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047112714     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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