The activity patterns of neck muscles in professional classical singing

Journal of Voice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-251

  Pettersen, Viggo ^a   Westgaard, Rolf H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Classical singing; Electromyography; Posterior neck; Scalenus; Sternocleidomastoideus; Trapezius

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INHALATION; LOUDNESS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; SINGING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; OCCUPATIONS; PHONATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESPIRATION; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 19444364008     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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