Changes in Pressure Pain Thresholds Over C5-C6 Zygapophyseal Joint After a Cervicothoracic Junction Manipulation in Healthy Subjects

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 332-337

  Fernández de las Peñas, César ^a,g   Alonso Blanco, Cristina ^a   Cleland, Joshua A ^b,c,d   Rodríguez Blanco, Cleofás ^e,g   Alburquerque Sendín, Francisco ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Rehabilitation Services   (United States)

^d REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^g Escuela de Osteopatia de Madrid   (Spain)

Author keywords

Manipulation; Orthopedic; Pain Threshold; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; STELLATE GANGLION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 44949156449     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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