Effects of neck extensor muscles fatigue on balance

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 473-479

  Gosselin, Guy ^a,b   Rassoulian, Hamid ^b   Brown, Ian ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLO EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance; Electromyography; Isometric contraction; Neck muscle; Posture; Proprioception; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SHRINKAGE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

CERVICAL; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; NECK EXTENSOR; POSTURAL INSTABILITY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SPECTRUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NECK; POSTURE;

EID: 2942602697     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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