Diagnostic accuracy of upper cervical spine instability tests: A systematic review

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1686-1695

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

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c Center for Physical Therapy and Science   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE; DISABILITY; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; PROCEDURES;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84889020864     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130186     Document Type: Review

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