Exercises for mechanical neck disorders

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Gross, Anita ^a   Kay, Theresa M ^b,c   Paquin, Jean Philippe ^d   Blanchette, Samuel ^e   Lalonde, Patrick ^f   Christie, Trevor ^f   Dupont, Genevieve ^f   Graham, Nadine ^a   Burnie, Stephen J ^g   Gelley, Geoff ^h   Goldsmith, Charles H ⁱ   Forget, Mario ^j   Hoving, Jan L ^k   Brønfort, Gert ^l   Santaguida, Pasqualina L ^a,m  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Physio St Maurice   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁱ SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j Government of Canada   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^m Center for Spirituality and Healing ^*  (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BODY MECHANICS MOVEMENT TRAINING; BREATHING EXERCISE; CERVICAL STRENGTHENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRANIOCERVICAL PRESSURE BIOFEEDBACK; DISABILITY; DYNAMIC CERVICAL STABILIZATION; DYNAMIC SHOULDER STABILIZATION; DYNAMIC STABILIZATION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEEDBACK EXERCISE; FEEDFORWARD EXERCISE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL PERCEIVED EFFECT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOWBACK STABILIZATION; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MINDFULNESS; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATTERNS SYNCHRONIZATION; PELVIC STABILIZATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTURAL EXERCISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTIVE EXERCISE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SCAPULOTHORACIC STRENGTHENING; SECONDARY HEADACHE; STATIC CERVICAL STABILIZATION; STATIC CERVICAL STRENGTHENING; STATIC SHOULDER STABILIZATION; STATIC STABILIZATION; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UPPER EXTREMITY STRENGTHENING; ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; CHIROPRACTIC MANIPULATION; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NECK; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; NECK; NECK PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84975679513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004250.pub5     Document Type: Review

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