Neck training and +Gz-related neck pain: A preliminary study

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 707-708

  Hämämäläineninen, Major Olavi ^a   Heinijoki, Hippi ^b   Vanharanta, Heikki ^c  

^a Air Force Academy   (Finland)

^b Ritvankuja   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN;

EID: 3543136432     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.10.707     Document Type: Article

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