Clinical assessment techniques for detecting ligament and membrane injuries in the upper cervical spine region-A comparison with MRI results

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 397-403

  Kaale, Bertel Rune ^a,b   Krakenes, Jostein ^c   Albrektsen, Grethe ^b   Wester, Knut ^b  

^a Firda Medical Centre   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Manual therapy; MRI; Upper cervical spine; WAD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 49349116846     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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