Measurement of segmental cervical multifidus contraction by ultrasonography in asymptomatic adults

Manual Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-294

  Lee, Jo Ping ^a   Tseng, Wen Yih I ^a   Shau, Yio Wha ^b   Wang, Chung Li ^c   Wang, Hsing Kuo ^a   Wang, Shwu Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical multifidus; Reliability; Ultrasonography; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34347388662     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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