Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 74-79 , February 2010

A descriptive study of the force and displacement profiles of the toggle-recoil spinal manipulative procedure (adjustment) as performed by chiropractors

  • B.A. Graham

      Affiliations

    • School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
    • Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
    • Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton, NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • P. Clausen

      Affiliations

    • School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • P.S. Bolton

      Affiliations

    • School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
    • Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
    • Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. Tel.: +64 2 49217020; fax: +64 2 49217406.

Received 20 October 2008 ,Revised 24 June 2009 ,Accepted 10 July 2009.

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PII: S1356-689X(09)00125-8

doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.07.003

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 74-79 , February 2010

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