Upper cervical ligament testing in a patient with os odontoideum presenting with headaches

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 465-475

  Mintken, Paul E ^a,b,c,d   Metrick, Lisa ^c   Flynn, Timothy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Bldg L28 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Klippel Feil syndrome; Manual therapy; Neck; Transverse ligament; Upper cervical instability

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149130820     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2008.2747     Document Type: Article

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