Relation between changes in posteroanterior stiffness and active range of movement of the cervical spine following manual therapy treatment

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Tuttle, Neil ^a   Barrett, Rod ^a   Laakso, Liisa ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mobilization; Neck pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55449116732     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817f93f9     Document Type: Article

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