Introducing the external link model for studying spine fixation and misalignment: part 1--need, rationale, and applications
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Published on: October 9, 2014
Charles N R Henderson1, Gregory D Cramer, Qiang Zhang
1Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Davenport, Iowa, USA.
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
|April 10, 2007
Abstract:
This is the first article in a series introducing a new animal model, the External Link Model that we propose will allow researchers to produce and study spine lesions with the cardinal biomechanical features of the chiropractic subluxation: fixation (hypomobility) and misalignment.