The immediate effect of passive scapular elevation on symptoms with active neck rotation in patients with neck pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 641-647

  Van Dillen, Linda R ^a   McDonnell, Mary Kate ^a   Susco, Thomas M ^b   Sahrmann, Shirley A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Neck pain; Physical examination; Pliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPULA; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; SCAPULA;

EID: 34648828481     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318125c5b6     Document Type: Article

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