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The vertebral artery test is used in physiotherapy to test the vertebral artery blood flow, searching for symptoms of vertebral artery disease<ref name="1">Jeanette Mitchell; Doppler insonation of vertebral artery blood flow changes associated with cervical spine rotation: Implications for manual therapists; Physiotherapy Theory and Practice; 2007; 23(6):303-313</ref><ref name="2">R. Grant; Vertebral Artery Testing – the Australian Association protocol after 6 years; Manual Therapy; 1996; 1; 149-153</ref><ref name="3">Jeanette A. Mitchell; Changes in vertebral artery flow following normal rotation of the cervical spine; Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics; 347-351, 2002</ref>. Vertebral artery disease is also known as vertebrobasilar ischaemia (VBI)<ref name="1" /><ref name="2" /><ref name="5">Jeanette A. Mitchell; Is cervical spine rotation, as used in the standard vertebrobasilar insufficiency test, associated with a measureable change in intracranial vertebral artery blood flow?; Manual Therapy; 2004; 9 ; 220–227</ref>. <br> | |||
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