Short-term changes in median nerve neural tension after a suboccipital muscle inhibition technique in subjects with cervical whiplash: A randomised controlled trial

Physiotherapy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-255

  Antolinos Campillo, P J ^a   Oliva Pascual Vaca, Á ^b   Rodriguez Blanco C ^b   Heredia Rizo, A M ^b   Espi Lopez G V ^c   Ricard, F ^a  

^a Madrid Osteopathic School   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Manipulation, Spinal; Median nerve; Pain; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDIAN NERVE; NECK PAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURAL TENSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUBOCCIPITAL MUSCLE INHIBITION TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIMB NEURODYNAMIC TEST OF THE MEDIAN NERVE; WHIPLASH INJURY; ADOLESCENT; HAND STRENGTH; INTERVENTION STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84905055877     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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