Selective electromyography of dorsal neck muscles in humans

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 353-360

  Mayoux Benhamou, M A ^a   Revel, M ^a   Vallee, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Service de Radiologie B ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Head movement; Human; Kinesiology; Neck muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MYOELECTRICITY; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NECK MUSCLES;

EID: 0031054583     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02450333     Document Type: Article

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