Active Neck Muscle Training in the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain in Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 2509-2516

  Ylinen, Jari ^a,b   Takala, Esa Pekka ^c   Nykänen, Matti ^d   Häkkinen, Arja ^a   Mälkiä, Esko ^e   Pohjolainen, Timo ^f   Karppi, Sirkka Liisa ^f   Kautiainen, Hannu ^g   Airaksinen, Olavi ^h  

^a Dept of Phys and Rehab Medicine ^*  (Finland)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d Punkaharju Rehabilitation Center   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^f SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^g RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SUPINE POSITION; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037636768     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.19.2509     Document Type: Article

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