Cervical range of motion and proprioception in rugby players versus non-rugby players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 887-894

  Lark, Sally D ^a   McCarthy, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical; Neck; Range of motion; Rugby; Spine; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; RUGBY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; NECK; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 34248154266     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600944543     Document Type: Article

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