Some factors predict successful short-term outcomes in individuals with shoulder pain receiving cervicothoracic manipulation: A single-arm trial

Physical Therapy

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-42

  Mintken, Paul E ^a,b   Cleland, Joshua A ^c,d,e   Carpenter, Kristin J ^f   Bieniek, Melanie L ^g   Keirns, Mike ^e,h   Whitman, Julie M ^e,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New Hampshire Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^e REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Waldron's Peak Physical Therapy PC   (United States)

^g Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^h Physiotherapy Associates   (United States)

ⁱ Evidence in Motion's Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURSITIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INJURY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURSITIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; RUPTURE; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74849138396     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20090095     Document Type: Article

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