Cervical muscles weakness in chronic whiplash patients

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 794-798

  Prushansky, Tamara ^a   Gepstein, Reuven ^a   Gordon, Carlos ^a   Dvir, Zeevi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Isometric strength; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DYNAMOMETERS; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CERVICAL MUSCLES; CERVICAL SPINE PATHOLOGIES; CHRONIC WHIPLASH PATIENTS; ISOMETRIC CERVICAL STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK MUSCLES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 23244438870     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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