Wireless on-line electromyography in recording neck muscle function: A pilot study

Pathophysiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-306

  Airaksinen, Minna K ^a   Kankaanpää, Markku ^a   Aranko, Olli ^a   Leinonen, Ville ^a   Arokoski, Jari P A ^a   Airaksinen, Olavi ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical flexion; Neck muscle; Neck pain; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; ONLINE MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY;

EID: 27744504008     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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