Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 149-153 , April 2010

Cervical lateral glide increases nociceptive flexion reflex threshold but not pressure or thermal pain thresholds in chronic whiplash associated disorders: A pilot randomised controlled trial

  • Michele Sterling

      Affiliations

    • Centre for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), The University of Queensland, Herston Rd, Herston, Brisbane 4006, Queensland, Australia
    • Division of Physiotherapy and National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health (CCRE Spine), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), The University of Queensland, Herston Rd, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Tel.: +61 (07) 33655344.
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  • Ashley Pedler

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy and National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health (CCRE Spine), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Cliffton Chan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy and National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health (CCRE Spine), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Madonna Puglisi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy and National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health (CCRE Spine), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Viana Vuvan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy and National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health (CCRE Spine), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Bill Vicenzino

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy and National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health (CCRE Spine), School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia

Received 9 December 2008 ,Revised 5 September 2009 ,Accepted 30 September 2009.

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☆ Funding: MS's fellowship is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia.

PII: S1356-689X(09)00158-1

doi: 10.1016/j.math.2009.09.004

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 149-153 , April 2010

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