Sensorimotor tests, such as movement control and laterality judgment accuracy, in persons with recurrent neck pain and controls. A case-control study

Manual Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 555-561

  Elsig, Simone ^a,b   Luomajoki, Hannu ^c   Sattelmayer, Martin ^a   Taeymans, Jan ^b   Tal Akabi, Amir ^b   Hilfiker, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cervicocephalic relocation test to the neutral head position; Craniocervical flexion test; Two point discrimination

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRANIOCERVICAL FLEXION TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR AVOIDANCE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; JOINT POSITION ERROR; MOTOR CONTROL; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TWO POINT DISCRIMINATION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECURRENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84912575984     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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