Power spectra of sternocleidomastoids, splenius capitis, and upper trapezius in oblique exertions

Spine Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 339-350

  Kumar, Shrawan ^a   Narayan, Yogesh ^a   Amell, Tyler ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical muscles; EMG; Isometric graded contraction; Spectral profile; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0642341555     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(03)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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