Relationships between sagittal postures of thoracic and cervical spine, presence of neck pain, neck pain severity and disability

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 457-462

  Lau, Kwok Tung ^a   Cheung, Ka Yuen ^a   Chan, kwok Bun ^a   Chan, Man Him ^a   Lo, King Yuen ^a   Wing Chiu, Thomas Tai ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Craniovertebral angle; Neck pain disability; Neck pain severity; Upper thoracic angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THORACIC SPINE POSTURE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 77955661838     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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