Reliability of manual examination and frequency of symptomatic cervical motion segment dysfunction in cervicogenic headache

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 542-546

  Hall, Toby ^a   Briffa, Kathy ^a   Hopper, Diana ^a   Robinson, Kim ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervicogenic headache; Manual examination; Neck; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE DYSFUNCTION; CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POST-TRAUMATIC HEADACHE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958083040     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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