Short-term effects of cervical kinesio taping on pain and cervical range of motion in patients with acute whiplash injury: A randomized clinical trial

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 515-521

  González Iglesias, Javier ^a   Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^b   Cleland, Joshua ^c,d,e   Huijbregts, Peter ^f,g   Del Rosario Gutiérrez Vega, Maria ^a  

^a Centro de Fisioterapia Integral   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^e REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of St Augustine for Health Sciences   (United States)

^g Shelbourne Physiotherapy Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Neck; Taping; WAD

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549104567     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2009.3072     Document Type: Article

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