Effect of neck exercise on sitting posture in patients with chronic neck pain

Physical Therapy

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 408-417

  Falla, Deborah ^a,b   Jull, Gwendolen ^b   Russell, Trevor ^b   Vicenzino, Bill ^b   Hodges, Paul ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SITTING; THERAPY EFFECT; THORACIC SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; POSTURE;

EID: 34147203512     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060009     Document Type: Article

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