Effects of contract-relax stretching procedures on active range of motion of the cervical spine in the transverse plane

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-138

  McCarthy, Peter W ^a   Olsen, J P ^a   Smeby I, H ^a  

^a ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Rotation; Stretching exercise

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

CERVICAL SPINE ACTIVE RANGE OF MOTION (ROM); CONTRACT RELAX STRETCHING;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME;

EID: 0031105766     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(96)00060-5     Document Type: Article

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