Normal global motion of the cervical spine: An electrogoniometric study

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 462-470

  Feipel, Véronique ^a   Rondelet, Benoît ^a   Le Pallec, Jean Pascal ^a   Rooze, Marcel ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Coupling of motions; Range of motion; Spinal goniometry; Spine kinematics

Indexed keywords

GONIOMETERS; KINEMATICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTROGONIOMETERS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0032936177     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)90098-5     Document Type: Article

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