Manual Therapy
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 122-131 , April 2008

Sensorimotor disturbances in chronic neck pain—Range of motion, peak velocity, smoothness of movement, and repositioning acuity

  • Per Sjölander

      Affiliations

    • Southern Lapland Research Department, Postgatan 7, SE-912 32 Vilhelmina, Sweden
    • Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle, SE-907 12 Umeå, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Southern Lapland Research Department, Postgatan 7, SE-912 32 Vilhelmina, Sweden. Tel.: +4694014494; fax: +4694015353.
    • ,
  • Peter Michaelson

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle, SE-907 12 Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Surgery and Perioperative Sciences, Division of Sports Medicine, University of Umeå, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Health Science, Physiotherapy Unit, Luleå University of Technology, SE-97187Luleå, Sweden
    • ,
  • Slobodan Jaric

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle, SE-907 12 Umeå, Sweden
    • Human Performance Laboratory, University of Delaware, DE 19716, USA
    • ,
  • Mats Djupsjöbacka

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Gävle, SE-907 12 Umeå, Sweden

Received 9 November 2004 ,Revised 22 June 2006 ,Accepted 20 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.10.002

Manual Therapy
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