Changes in pressure pain thresholds over C5-C6 zygapophyseal joint after a cervicothoracic junction manipulation in healthy subjects.

OBJECTIVE: This study examines if C7-T1 manipulation results in changes in pressure pain thresholds (PPT) over bilateral C5-C6 zygapophyseal joints in asymptomatic subjects. METHODS: Thirty subjects, 13 men and 17 women, without a current history of neck, shoulder, or upper extremity pain participat...

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Published in:Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 332 - 338
Main Authors: Fernández-de-Las-Peñas C, Alonso-Blanco C, Cleland JA, Rodríguez-Blanco C, Alburquerque-Sendín F
Format: clinical trial research Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Jun2008
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