Sleep. 1998 Aug 1;21(5):501-5. doi: 10.1093/sleep/21.5.501. M Hornyak Abstract Periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS), with or without symptoms of a restless legs syndrome (RLS), may cause sleep disturbances. The pharmacologic treatments of choice are dopaminergic drugs. Their use, however, may be limited due to tolerance development or rebound phenomena. Anecdotal observations have shown that […]
Observations on the importance of the direction of the thrust. Authors Hubka MJ,et al. Show all Journal J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1997 Nov-Dec;20(9):622-7. Affiliation Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Whittier, CA, USA. Abstract OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical presentation of eight patients with cervical spine radiculopathy, the manipulation technique used for each patient and the outcomes of […]
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1995 Oct;18(8):530-6. Dabbs V, Lauretti WJ. Abstract OBJECTIVE: We reviewed the literature to evaluate the risk of serious injury or death resulting from cervical manipulation and to assess the evidence that cervical manipulation is an effective treatment for mechanical neck pain. We also reviewed the literature to assess the risks and […]
Previc FH. Neuropsychologia. 1994 Oct;32(10):1297-303. Abstract Previous data suggest that vertical imbalances between the eyes produced by lateral head tilt are linked to ocular dominance, but no studies have heretofore objectively measured head tilt in addressing this relationship. Photographic measurements of the head tilt of 70 subjects were made, along with measures of sighting dominance […]
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1994 Jan;76(1):103-6. Helliwell PS, Evans PF, Wright V. Abstract The loss of cervical lordosis in radiographs of patients presenting with neck pain is sometimes ascribed to muscle spasm. We performed a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of ‘straight’ cervical spines in three populations: 83 patients presenting to an accident department […]