Three-dimensional analysis of active head and cervical spine range of motion: Effect of age in healthy male subjects

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 611-614

  Sforza, Chiarella ^a   Grassi, GianPiero ^a   Fragnito, Nicola ^a   Turci, Michela ^a   Ferrario, Virgilio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Cervical spine; Growth; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); HEALTH CARE; ROTATION;

AXIAL ROTATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0036805559     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00071-2     Document Type: Article

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