Reliability of ultrasonography for the cervical multifidus muscle in asymptomatic and symptomatic subjects

Manual Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Kristjansson, Eythor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Atrophy; Cervical; Multifidus; Ultrasonography; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 1942456483     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1356-689X(03)00059-6     Document Type: Article

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