Neuro Emotional Technique for the treatment of trigger point sensitivity in chronic neck pain sufferers: A controlled clinical trial

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 16, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bablis, Peter ^a   Pollard, Henry ^a,b   Bonello, Rod ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ONE Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LEVATOR SCAPULAE MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NEUROEMOTIONAL TECHNIQUE; NOCICEPTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMANTICS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 45549083432     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-16-4     Document Type: Article

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