Validity of the Doppler velocimeter in examination of vertebral artery blood flow and its use in pre-manipulative screening of the neck

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 544-549

  Thomas, Lucy C ^a   Rivett, Darren A ^a   Bolton, Philip S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical manipulation; Cervical vertebrae; Ultrasonic diagnosis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; LASER FLOWMETER; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; NECK; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67849109675     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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