Neck Muscle Strength and Endurance in Fighter Pilots: Effects of a Supervised Training Program

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-28

  Alricsson, Marie ^a   Harms Ringdahl, Karin ^b   Larsson, Börje ^c   Linder, Jan ^d   Werner, Suzanne ^b  

^a Swedish Air Force Base F4   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Air Force Base F21   (Sweden)

^d Forsvarsmakten i Halmstad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endurance tests; Exertion; Neck pain; Strength tests; Training effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLIGHT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REINFORCEMENT; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HEAD; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; NECK INJURIES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0346156006     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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