Spinal Manipulation Impacts Cervical Spine Movement and Fitts' Task Performance: A Single-Blind Randomized Before-After Trial

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-192

  Passmore, Steven R ^a,b   Burke, Jeanmarie R ^a   Good, Christopher ^c   Lyons, James L ^b   Dunn, Andrew S ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^d VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical Manipulation; Chiropractic; Manipulation, Spinal; Outcome Assessment; Psychomotor Performance; Range of Motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHIROPRACTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NECK; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949902642     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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