An electromyographic analysis of the deep cervical flexor muscles in performance of craniocervical flexion

Physical Therapy

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 899-906

  Falla, Deborah ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Dall'Alba, Paul ^a   Rainoldi, Alberto ^b   Merletti, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Electromyography; Longus capitis muscle; Longus colli muscle; Neck pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTERIOR SCALENE MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEEP CERVICAL FLEXOR MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OROPHARYNX; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; STANDARDIZATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

EID: 0141962521     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/83.10.899     Document Type: Article

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