Altered Sensorimotor Integration With Cervical Spine Manipulation

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-126

  Taylor, Heidi Haavik ^a,c   Murphy, Bernadette ^b,c  

^a New Zealand College of Chiropractic   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Rehabilitation Laboratory

Author keywords

Central Nervous System; Chiropractic; Manipulation; Neural Inhibition; Neuronal Plasticity; Spinal; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIROPRACTIC; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; NEURAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 40049111465     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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