The addition of cervical unilateral posterior-anterior mobilisation in the treatment of patients with shoulder impingement syndrome: A randomised clinical trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-24

  Cook, Chad ^a   Learman, Ken ^b   Houghton, Steve ^c   Showalter, Christopher ^d   O'Halloran, Bryan ^e  

^a WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The Therapy Institute   (United States)

^d Maitland Australian Physiotherapy Seminars   (United States)

^e Pain Relief and Physical Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Manual therapy; Randomised controlled trial; Shoulder impingement syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL UNILATERAL POSTERIOR ANTERIOR MOBILISATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NECK MANUAL THERAPY; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUICK DISABILITIES OF THE SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYMPTOM; ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW UP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891629949     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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