Neck muscle strain when wearing helmet and NVG during acceleration on a trampoline

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Sovelius, Roope ^a,f   Oksa, Juha ^b   Rintala, Harri ^c   Huhtala, Heini ^d   Siitonen, Simo ^e  

^a Training Air Wing ^*  (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c Aero Medical Centre   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^e FINNISH DEFENCE FORCES   (Finland)

^f Training Air Wing   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical; EMG; Helmet mounted systems; Injury prevention; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; GRAVITATION; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; NECK INJURIES; NECK MUSCLES;

EID: 38649134792     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2130.2008     Document Type: Article

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