The craniocervical flexion test: intra-tester reliability in asymptomatic subjects.
Background and Purpose. The deep neck flexor muscles (DNFs) stabilize the cervical spine and cervicogenic pain appears to adversely affect their endurance capacity. They are inaccessible to direct palpation, thereby making assessment difficult. However, the cranio-cervical flexion test (CCFT) provid...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Research International Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 144 - 150 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2010
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