Mobility, muscular strength and endurance in the cervical spine in Swedish Air Force pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 336-342

  Alricsson, M ^a   Harms Ringdahl, K ^a   Schuldt K ^a   Ekholm, J ^a   Linder, J ^a  

^a Swedish Air Force Base F4   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Endurance; Neck mobility; Neck muscles; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROTATION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NECK MUSCLES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLIABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035083154     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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