The effect of cervical traction combined with neural mobilization on pain and disability in cervical radiculopathy. A case report

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 443-446

  Savva, Christos ^a   Giakas, Giannis ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cervical radiculopathy; Cervical traction; Neural mobilization

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL FORAMINAL STENOSIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; NEURAL MOBILIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERIC PAIN RATING SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SPECIFIC FUNCTIONAL SCALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; SHOULDER PAIN; TRACTION THERAPY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WORK DISABILITY;

CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY; CERVICAL TRACTION; NEURAL MOBILIZATION;

DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRACTION;

EID: 84883281797     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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