RT Book, Section
A1 Starkey, Chad
SR Print(0)
ID 1163449544
T1 Cervical and Lumbar Traction
T2 Therapeutic Modalities, 4e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB F. A. Davis Company
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803625938
LK fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1163449544
RD 2023/10/01
AB Cervical  and  lumbar  traction  are  applications  of  a  force  that  separates  the  vertebrae  and  opens  the  intervertebral  space  in  the  treated  area.  The  increased  space  reduces  pressure  on  the  intervertebral  disks  and  spinal  nerve  roots,  opens  the  facet  joints,  and  elongates  the  soft  tissue.