Size and shape of the posterior neck muscles measured by ultrasound imaging: Normal values in males and females of different ages

Manual Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-115

  Rankin, G ^a,d   Stokes, M ^a,b   Newham, D J ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR NEURO DISABILITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Chartered Society of Physiotherapy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle size; Neck muscles; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; ORGAN SIZE; PRONE POSITION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 19444386413     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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