Pre-manipulative testing and the use of the velocimeter

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-36

  Thomas, Lucy C ^a   Rivett, Darren A ^a   Bolton, Philip S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Health   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical manipulation; Cervical vertebrae; Doppler ultrasonography; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 38649142817     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.11.003     Document Type: Review

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