Differences in Isometric Neck Muscle Strength Between Healthy Controls and Women With Chronic Neck Pain: The Use of a Reliable Measurement

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1441-1445

  Cagnie, Barbara ^a   Cools, Ann ^a   De Loose, Veerle ^b   Cambier, Dirk ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Neck pain; Rehabilitation; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL EXTENSION; CERVICAL FLEXION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MALFORMATION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; POPULATION; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 35449001519     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.776     Document Type: Article

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