A preliminary investigation into the magnitude of effect of lumbar extension exercises and a segmental rotatory manipulation on sympathetic nervous system activity

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-195

  Perry, Jo ^a   Green, Ann ^a   Singh, Sally ^a   Watson, Paul ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Manipulation; McKenzie exercise; Physiotherapy; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; EXERCISE TEST; EXTENSION EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG EXERCISE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEGMENTAL ROTATORY MANIPULATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LOWER EXTREMITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79551550064     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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