Risk reduction of serious complications from manual therapy: Are we reducing the risk?. Correspondence to: International Framework for Examination of the Cervical Region for Potential of Cervical Arterial Dysfunction prior to Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Intervention by A. Rushton et al.

Manual Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages e5-e6

  Scholten Peeters, Gwendolijne G M ^a,b,c,d   van Trijffel, Emiel ^c   Hutting, Nathan ^e   Castien, René F ^c,f   Rooker, Servan ^d   Verhagen, Arianne P ^a,b  

^a ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOMT   (Netherlands)

^d Kliniek Via Sana   (Netherlands)

^e HAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Cervical; Manual therapy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; CERVICAL ARTERY DYSFUNCTION; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL HISTORY; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINE INSTABILITY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84912529881     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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