Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 84-91 , February 2001

Sources of variation in spinal indentation testing: Indentation site relocation, intraabdominal pressure, subject movement, muscular response, and stiffness estimation

Received 29 December 1999 ,Revised 28 February 2000

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☆ bDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.

☆☆ Sources of support: University of Calgary, Foundation for Chiropractic Education and Research, Chiropractic Foundation for Spinal Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the College of Chiropractors of Alberta.

★ Submit reprint requests to: Greg Kawchuk, McCaig Centre for Joint Inquiry and Arthritis Research, Department of Medical Science, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada.

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doi: 10.1067/mmt.2001.112566

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 84-91 , February 2001

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