Neck and shoulder muscle activity and thorax movement in singing and speaking tasks with variation in vocal loudness and pitch

Journal of Voice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 623-634

  Pettersen, Viggo ^a   Bjørkøy, Kåre ^b   Torp, Hans ^b   Westgaard, Rolf Harald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Scalenus; Singing; Speaking; Sternocleidomastoideus; Upper and lower thorax; Upper trapezius

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SINGING; SPEECH; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THORAX; VOCALIZATION; VOICE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; NECK MUSCLES; PHONATION; RESPIRATION; SHOULDER; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; THORAX; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 27844554438     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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