Reliability of a measurement of neck flexor muscle endurance

Physical Therapy

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1349-1355

  Harris, Kevin D ^a   Heer, Darren M ^e   Roy, Tanja C ^e   Santos, Diane M ^e   Whitman, Julie M ^b,c   Wainner, Robert S ^d  

^a Group Physical Therapist   (United States)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Army Baylor Graduate Program in Physical Therapy   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Cervical impairment; Cervical pain; Chin tuck; Deep neck flexors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIN TUCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRANIOCERVICAL FLEXION; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; RELIABILITY; SPINAL PAIN;

EID: 28544445905     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/85.12.1349     Document Type: Article

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