A descriptive study of the force and displacement profiles of the toggle-recoil spinal manipulative procedure (adjustment) as performed by chiropractors

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-79

  Graham, B A ^a,b,c   Clausen, P ^b   Bolton, P S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Manipulation; Neck

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FORCE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TIME; VELOCITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73449103853     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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