| NP | neck pain |
| YLD | years lived with disability |
| ROM | range of motion |
| HA | headache |
| DDD | degenerative disc disease |
| CBP® | Chiropractic BioPhysics® |
| ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision |
| PT | physical therapy |
| PRO | patient-reported outcome |
| NRS | numeric rating scale |
| NDI | neck disability index |
| MI | Mirror Image® |
| NLC | neutral lateral cervical |
| C2-C7 | second through seventh cervical vertebrae |
| IRB | institutional review board |
| PROM | patient-reported outcome measure |
| MCID | minimal clinically important difference |
| CI | confidence interval |
| ° | degree |
| mm | millimeter |
| ADL | activities of daily living |
| HPTM | Harrison posterior tangent method |
| ARA | absolute rotation angle |
| ADH | anterior disc height |
| PDH | posterior disc height |
| MAD | mean absolute deviation |
| T,R | Translation, Rotation |
| x,y,z | x-, y-, z-axes |
| H,T,P | Head, Thorax, Pelvis |
| EHR | electronic health records |
| P-A | posterior-to-anterior |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| DV | dependent variables |
| IVi | independent variables |
| εi | the idiosyncratic error term |
| βi | average effect |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| CT | computed tomography |
| US | United States |