An investigation into the effects of a unilaterally applied lumbar mobilisation technique on peripheral sympathetic nervous system activity in the lower limbs

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 492-499

  Perry, Jo ^a   Green, Ann ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint mobilisation; Lumbar spine; Physiotherapy; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNILATERALLY APPLIED LUMBAR SPINAL MOBILIZATION TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 54049155425     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.05.015     Document Type: Article

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