The relationship between cervical resting posture and neck pain

Physiotherapy

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-51

  Grimmer, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical excursion angles; Cervical resting posture; Neck pain; Never injured subjects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING;

EID: 0030047156     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66998-2     Document Type: Article

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