Clinical trial of a cervical traction modality with electromyographic biofeedback

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Wong, Alice M K ^a   Lee, Ming Yih ^b   Chang, Walter H ^c   Tang, Fuk Tan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical Traction; EMG Biofeedback; Myoelectric Activity; Paraspinal EMG

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DISEASES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEALTH; MUSCLE; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL;

CERVICAL RADICULOPATHY; CERVICAL TRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK; PARASPINAL ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MYOELECTRICITY; SKELETON TRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TRACTION;

EID: 0031042229     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-199701000-00005     Document Type: Article

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