Cervicocephalic Relocation Test to the Neutral Head Position: Assessment in Bilateral Labyrinthine-Defective and Chronic, Nontraumatic Neck Pain Patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2375-2378

  Pinsault, Nicolas ^a   Vuillerme, Nicolas ^a   Pavan, Paul ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b Cabinet de Réhabilitation Vestibulaire   (France)

Author keywords

Neck; Proprioception; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOCEPHALIC RELOCATION TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK PAIN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION; TRUNK; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 56849093479     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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