Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 347-351 , July 2003

Changes in vertebral artery blood flow following normal rotation of the cervical spine

  • Jeanette A Mitchell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Allied Health Professions, Glenside Campus, Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Dr Jeanette A. Mitchell, School of Allied Health Professions, Glenside Campus (Post-station 5), Faculty of Health and Social Care, University of the West of England, Blackberry Hill, Stapleton, Bristol BS16 1DD, England, United Kingdom

Received 3 May 2002

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☆ This work was carried out in the Department of Neurology and was partly supported by a grant from the Medical Faculty Endowment Research Fund, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

PII: S0161-4754(03)00074-5

doi: 10.1016/S0161-4754(03)00074-5

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 347-351 , July 2003

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