Flight-training effect on the cervical muscle strength of trainee pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 7 SEC. 2, 2004, Pages 611-615

  Burnett, Angus F ^a   Naumann, Fiona L ^a   Burton, Elissa J ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gravitational force; Multi cervical unit; Neck strength; Pilots

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; NECK MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 3042791858     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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