Centralization and directional preference: A systematic review

Manual Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 497-506

  May, Stephen ^a   Aina, Alessandro ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Studio di Riabilitazione MDTC   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back pain; Centralization; Directional preference; McKenzie assessment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; BACKACHE; CENTRALIZATION PHENOMENON; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIRECTIONAL PREFERENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; NECK PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84867650486     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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