Spinal manipulation and anterior headweighting for the correction of forward head posture and cervical hypolordosis: A pilot study

Journal of Chiropractic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 51-54

  Morningstar, Mark W ^a   Strauchman, Megan N ^b   Weeks, Darin A ^a  

^a Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine ^*

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical Spine; Chiropractic Manipulation; Posture

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444270484     PISSN: 15563707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3467(07)60042-1     Document Type: Article

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