Sympathetic nervous system effects in the hands following a grade III postero-anterior rotatory mobilisation technique applied to T4: A randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-253

  Jowsey, Pete ^a   Perry, Jo ^b  

^a Department of Physiotherapy   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Spinal manual therapy; Sympathetic nervous system; T4 syndrome; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; JOINT MOBILIZATION; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; PARESTHESIA; SPINAL DISEASES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77951652890     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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