Head and shoulder posture variations in 160 asymptomatic women and men

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1215-1223

  Raine, Sally ^a   Twomey, Lance T ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER; STANDING; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0030862299     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90335-X     Document Type: Article

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