What does AA stand for?

Atlanto-Axial (joint)

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This can lead to an unusually wide range of movement at some joints; including the atlanto-axial joint.

Injuries and individuals with disabilities

The atlanto-axial portion of the vertebral artery is particularly of interest because this region is usually injured in cases of post-manipulative vertebral artery dissection and because of the large excursion of movement that takes place at this joint during neck rotation (Selecki 1969).

Pre-manipulative testing: where do we go from here?

The diagnosis of minimal atlanto-axial subluxation.

Grisel's syndrome: the two-hit hypothesis-A case report and ...

Blood flow was recorded at both the atlanto-axial and the C2/3 regions of the vessel in neutral, end-range extension and end-range contralateral rotation.

Reliability of ultrasonographic measurement of vertebral artery blood ...

Athletes with Down syndrome who have been diagnosed as having the condition known as atlanto-axial instability, or those athletes who have not had an x-ray to diagnose this condition, are severely limited in the number of activities in which they may participate.

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