Neck muscle fatigue and postural control in patients with whiplash injury

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 610-622

  Stapley, Paul J ^a,c   Beretta, Maria Vittoria ^a   Toffola, Elena Dalla ^b   Schieppati, Marco ^a,b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Fatigue; Isometric contraction; Neck muscles; Posture; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIZZINESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 33644775814     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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