Postero-anterior movements of the cervical spine: Repeatability of force displacement curves

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-348

  Tuttle, Neil ^a   Barrett, Rod ^a   Laakso, Liisa ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Articular; Manipulation; Physical therapy techniques; Range of motion; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 45249115237     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.03.005     Document Type: Article

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