Diagnostic accuracy of premanipulative vertebrobasilar insufficiency tests: A systematic review

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-182

  Hutting, Nathan ^a,b,c   Verhagen, Arianne P ^d,e   Vijverman, Veerle ^a   Keesenberg, Martin D M ^f   Dixon, Gillian ^g   Scholten Peeters, Gwendolijne G M ^a,e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Het Centrum Physical therapy and Manual therapy   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^f Center for Physical Therapy and Science ^*  (Netherlands)

^g Nursing Home Antonius Binnenweg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Diagnostic accuracy; Premanipulative testing; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTERY COMPRESSION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMANIPULATIVE VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; WALLENBERG TEST;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84877120791     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.09.009     Document Type: Review

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