Neck mobility measurement by means of the 'Flock of Birds' electromagnetic tracking system

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-18

  Koerhuis, C L ^a   Winters, J C ^b   Van der Helm, F C T ^c   Hof, A L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 D angle measurement; Cervical spine; Neck mobility; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING;

NECK MOBILITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AXIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; THORAX;

ADULT; ELECTROMAGNETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MOVEMENT; NECK; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346035836     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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