The initial effects of different rates of lumbar mobilisations on pressure pain thresholds in asymptomatic subjects

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-178

  Willett, Elaine ^a   Hebron, Clair ^a   Krouwel, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Manual therapy; Mobilisations; Pressure pain thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOALGESIA; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049108093     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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