A comparison of training methods to increase neck muscle strength

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Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-210

  Burnett, Angus F ^a,b   Naumann, Fiona L ^b   Price, Ryan S ^b   Sanders, Ross H ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

+Gz force; High performance pilots; Isometric; Neck; Strength training

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NECK MUSCLE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 26044435722     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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