Is there preliminary value to a within- and/or between-session change for determining short-term outcomes of manual therapy on mechanical neck pain?

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 173-180

  Cook, Chad ^a   Lawrence, Jessica ^a   Michalak, Katelyn ^a   Dhiraprasiddhi, Sidra ^a   Donaldson, Megan ^a   Petersen, Shannon ^b   Learman, Kenneth ^c  

^a WALSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Des Moines University   (United States)

^c YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Between session change; GRoC; Mechanical neck pain; NDI; Within session change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL RATING OF CHANGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; NUMERIC PAIN RATING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT ACTIVITY SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84919393738     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: 20426186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042618614Y.0000000071     Document Type: Article

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