Comparative short-term effects of two thoracic spinal manipulation techniques in subjects with chronic mechanical neck pain: A randomized controlled trial

Manual Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 331-337

  Casanova Méndez, Amaloha ^a   Oliva Pascual Vaca, Ángel ^b   Rodriguez Blanco, Cleofás ^b   Heredia Rizo, Alberto Marcos ^b   Gogorza Arroitaonandia, Kristobal ^a   Almazán Campos, Ginés ^a  

^a Madrid Osteopathic School   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Neck pain; Randomized controlled trial; Spinal manipulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG TECHNIQUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIGH VELOCITY LOW AMPLITUDE SPINAL MANIPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; TOGGLE RECOIL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FOLLOW UP; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT POSITIONING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902074985     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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