Evaluation of repeatability of pressure algometry on the neck muscles for clinical use

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-197

  Ylinen, Jari ^a   Nykänen, Matti ^b   Kautiainen, Hannu ^c   Häkkinen, Arja ^a  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Punkaharju Rehabilitation Center   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Algometer; Cervical pain; Muscle hyperalgesia; Nociception; Pain threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; NECK; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34247133861     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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