Risk factors and clinical features of craniocervical arterial dissection

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 351-356

  Thomas, Lucy C ^a   Rivett, Darren A ^a   Attia, John R ^b   Parsons, Mark ^b   Levi, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Cervical manipulation; Internal dissection; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MECHANICAL TRAUMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; STROKE;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 79958111388     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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