Manual Therapy
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 200-205 , June 2008

Agreement of measures obtained radiographically and by the OSI CA-6000 Spine Motion Analyzer for cervical spinal motion

  • Cheryl M. Petersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Concordia University Wisconsin, 12800 North Lake Shore Drive, Mequon, 53097 WI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +12622434347; fax: +12622434506.
    • Ms. Petersen and Dr. Schuit were at the Northwestern University, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science, Mr. Johnson was at the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery/Neuroresearch, Chicago, IL, USA, and Ms. Levine was coordinator of Research at Chicagoland Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services Inc., Palos Heights, IL, USA when this study was conducted.
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  • Dale Schuit

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL, USA
    • Ms. Petersen and Dr. Schuit were at the Northwestern University, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science, Mr. Johnson was at the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery/Neuroresearch, Chicago, IL, USA, and Ms. Levine was coordinator of Research at Chicagoland Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services Inc., Palos Heights, IL, USA when this study was conducted.
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  • Robert D. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Achieve Orthopedic Rehabilitation Institute, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Ms. Petersen and Dr. Schuit were at the Northwestern University, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science, Mr. Johnson was at the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery/Neuroresearch, Chicago, IL, USA, and Ms. Levine was coordinator of Research at Chicagoland Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services Inc., Palos Heights, IL, USA when this study was conducted.
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  • H. Knecht

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Retired Head of Department of Physical Therapy and Chief of Clinical Services, UIC Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.
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  • Phyllis Levine

      Affiliations

    • Functional Therapy Rehabilitation Services Inc., Homer Glen, IL, USA
    • Ms. Petersen and Dr. Schuit were at the Northwestern University, Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science, Mr. Johnson was at the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery/Neuroresearch, Chicago, IL, USA, and Ms. Levine was coordinator of Research at Chicagoland Orthopedic Rehabilitation Services Inc., Palos Heights, IL, USA when this study was conducted.

Received 7 December 2003 ,Revised 18 October 2006 ,Accepted 4 December 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.12.004

Manual Therapy
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