Cervical muscle strength measurement is dependent on the location of thoracic support

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 379-382

  Rezasoltani, A ^a,d   Ylinen, J ^b   Bakhtiary, A H ^c   Norozi, M ^a   Montazeri, M ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SEMNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Faculty of Rehabilitation   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRICS; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCAPULA; SPINE; THORAX; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLES; REFERENCE VALUES; TORQUE;

EID: 43949084359     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.040709     Document Type: Article

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