Prevention of minor neck injuries in F-16 pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1193-1199

  Albano, Joseph J ^a,b   Stanford, Joseph B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK INJURY; NECK MUSCLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0031725247     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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