Muscular tension and body posture in relation to voice handicap and voice quality in teachers with persistent voice complaints

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 134-147

  Kooijman, P G C ^a   De Jong, F I C R S ^a   Oudes, M J ^a   Huinck, W ^a   Van Acht, H ^b   Graamans, K ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Cascade   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypertonicity; Muscular tension; Posture; Teachers; Voice handicap; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRICOTHYROID MUSCLE; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; GENIOHYOID MUSCLE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX MUCOSA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE TONE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH REHABILITATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TEACHER; VOICE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; NECK MUSCLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; TEACHING; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 20944447361     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084134     Document Type: Article

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