Evaluation of cervical proprioceptive function: Optimizing protocols and comparison between tests in normal subjects

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Swait, Gabrielle ^a,c   Rushton, Alison Beverley ^b   Miall, R Christopher ^b   Newell, David ^a  

^a McTimoney College of Chiropractic   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Guillimont Health Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervicocephalic kinesthesia; Correlation; Methods; Movement; Proprioception; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT FUNCTION; KINESTHESIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RELIABILITY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; NECK; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 36249019703     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815a5a1b     Document Type: Article

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