Acceleration effects on neck muscle strength: Pilots vs. non-pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-168

  Seng, Kok Yong ^a   Lam, Pin Min ^b   Lee, Vee Sin ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

+Gz induced neck injury; Head positioning; Neck muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK INJURY; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BIOMECHANICS; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; NECK INJURIES; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURE;

EID: 0037309858     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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