Effect of manual therapy and stretching on neck muscle strength and mobility in chronic neck pain

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 575-579

  Häkkinen, Arja ^a,b   Salo, Petri ^a   Tarvainen, Ulla ^a   Wiren, Kaija ^c   Ylinen, Jari ^a  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Adult Education Centre of Jyväskylä   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical pain; Massage; Mobilization; Range of motion; Strength testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34648828647     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0094     Document Type: Article

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