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. 2023 Jan 18;9:1072764. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1072764

TABLE 9.

Physical tests and findings only for low Irritability patients.

Contributing* Common* Diagnostic*
Ligamentous testing
Abnormal passive accessory intervertebral movements (PAIVMs) or passive physiological intervertebral movements (PPIVMs) at OA and AA (if trained) X X
Alar ligament test X
Modified sharp-purser cervical instability relocation test (NOT the provocation test) X
Cervical distraction in supine X X
Mobility tests
Isolated AA ROM X X
Neurodynamic tests with neck motion X X
Provocation tests
Craniocervical flexion test provocation of UCI symptoms. X
Vertebrobasilar insufficiency positional test X

*Contributing factors = not diagnostic but providing information about potential causes.

*Common = findings that are likely to be fairly common, but not necessarily diagnostic.

*Diagnostic = findings that are likely to be less common, but more diagnostic.