Sacroiliac joint manipulation attenuates alpha-motoneuron activity in healthy women: A quasi-experimental study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-61

  Orakifar, Neda ^a   Kamali, Fahimeh ^a   Pirouzi, Soraya ^a   Jamshidi, Farshad ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

H reflex; Manipulation, spinal; Pain threshold; Rehabilitation; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SPINE MALFORMATION; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; H-REFLEX; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SACROILIAC JOINT; SAMPLING STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855549416     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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