Changes in Neck Pain and Active Range of Motion After a Single Thoracic Spine Manipulation in Subjects Presenting with Mechanical Neck Pain: A Case Series

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 312-320

  Fernández de las Peñas, César ^a,b   Palomeque del Cerro, Luis ^a   Rodríguez Blanco, Cleofás ^a,c   Gómez Conesa, Antonia ^d   Miangolarra Page, Juan C ^b  

^a Escuela de Osteopatia de Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Manipulation; Neck Pain; Spinal; Thoracic Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAMETRIC TEST; RANGE OF MOTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248194868     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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