Upper Cervical Studies

General Studies

Mechanical Stresses on Underlying Neurology:

Grostic, J. D. (1988). Dentate ligament-cord distortion hypothesis. Chiropr Res J, 1(1), 47-55.

Hack GD, Kortizer RT, Robinson WL. Anatomic relation between the rectus capitis posterior minor muscle and the dura mater. Spine. 1995;20:2484–6. [PubMed]

Pontell ME, Scali F, Marshall E, Enix DE. The obliquus capitius, inferior myodural bridge. Clin Anat. 2013;26(4):450–4. [PubMed]

Scali F, Marsili ES, Pontell ME. Anatomical connection between the rectus capitis posterior major and the dura mater. Spine. 2011;36:E1612–4. [PubMed]

Scali F, Pontell ME, Enix DE, Marshall E. Histological analysis of the rectus capitis posterior major’s myodural bridge. The Spine Journal. 2013;13(5):558–563. [PubMed]

Shinomiya K, Dawson J, Spengler DM, Konrad P, Blumenkopf B. An analysis of the posterior epidural ligament role on the cervical spinal cord. Spine. 1996;21:2081–8. [PubMed]

Spinal fluid flow:

Smith FW, Dworkin JS (eds): The Craniocervical Syndrome and MRI. Basel, Karger, 2015, pp 48-66. doi: 10.1159/000365470

Anatomy and neurology of why we have a global response to upper cervical misalignments:

Kulkani V, Chandy MJ, Babu KS, Quantitative study of muscle spindles of suboccipital muscles of human foetuses. Department of Neurogical Sciences, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India.

Neurology India 2001.

Minardi, J. (2014). Section 1: Neurology and Reliability and Validity of the Leg Length Analysis. In The complete Thompson textbook: Minardi integrated systems (2nd ed., pp. 6-9). Ontario, Canada: John Minardi.

Knutson, G.A. Anatomic and functional leg-length inequality: A review and recommendation for clinical decision-making. Part I, anatomic leg-length inequality: prevalence, magnitude, effects and clinical significance . Chiropr Man Therap 13, 11 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1340-13-11

Tailored adjustments and alterations of care based on your unique qualities:

Febbo T, Morrison R, Bartlett P. A Preliminary Study of Occipital Condyle Asymmetry in Dried Specimens. Chirop Technique 1990;2(2);49-52.

Febbo TA, Morrison R, Valente R. Asymmetry of the Occipital Condyles; A Computed Assisted Analysis. J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 1992; 15(9); 565-569.

Gottlieb MS. Absence of Symmetry in Superior Articular Facets on the First Cervical Vertebrain Humans: Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment. J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 1994;17(5):314-320.

Doherty BJ, Heggeness MH; The Quantitative Anatomy of the Atlas. Spine 1994;19(22):2497-2500.

Van Roy P, Caboor D, DeBoelpaep S, Barbaix E, Clarys JP. Left-Right Asymmetries and other Common Anatomical Variants of the First Cervical Vertebra. Part 1: Left-Right Asymmetries in C1 Vertebra. Man Therapy, 1997;2(1); 24-36.

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