The temporal effects of a single session of high-velocity, low-amplitude thrust manipulation on subjects with spinal pain

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-35

  Coronado, Rogelio A ^a   Bialosky, Joel E ^a   Cook, Chad E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MANUAL THERAPY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; PAIN; SPINAL MANIPULATION

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860550805     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328810X12647087218712     Document Type: Review

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