Head repositioning errors in normal student volunteers: A possible tool to assess the neck's neuromuscular system

Chiropractic and Osteopathy

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Owens Jr , Edward F ^a   Henderson, Charles N R ^a   Gudavalli, M Ram ^a,b   Pickar, Joel G ^a,b  

^a PALMER CENTER FOR CHIROPRACTIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GONIOMETRY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STUDENT; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33646399488     PISSN: 17461340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1340-14-5     Document Type: Article

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