Prevalence of pain and dysfunction in the cervical and thoracic spine in persons with and without lateral elbow pain

Autor: Eva Denison, B H Persson, K M Berglund
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Manual therapy. 13(4)
ISSN: 1532-2769
Popis: The purpose of this study was to survey the prevalence of pain in the cervical and thoracic spine (C2-T7) in persons with and without lateral elbow pain. Thirty-one subjects with lateral elbow pain and 31 healthy controls participated in the study. The assessment comprised a pain drawing, provocation tests of the cervical and thoracic spine, a neurodynamic test of the radial nerve, and active cervical range of motion. Seventy percent of the subjects with lateral elbow pain indicated pain in the cervical or thoracic spine, as compared to 16% in the control group (p
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