Immediate effects on pressure pain threshold following a single cervical spine manipulation in healthy subjects

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 325-329

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a,b   Pérez De Heredia, Marta ^a   Brea Rivero, Miguel ^a   Miangolarra Page, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Escuela de Osteopatia de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hypoalgesia; Manual therapy; Neck pain; Thrust manipulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250209526     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2007.2542     Document Type: Article

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