Resting position variables at the shoulder: Evidence to support a posture-impairment association

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-557

  Borstad, John D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Posture; Scapula; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KYPHOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; POSITION; REST; SCAPULA; SHOULDER;

EID: 33645560658     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/86.4.549     Document Type: Article

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