Co-contraction of cervical muscles during sagittal and coronal neck motions at different movement speeds

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 647-654

  Cheng, Chih Hsiu ^a   Lin, Kwan Hwa ^a   Wang, Jaw Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Co contraction; Electromyography; Stiffness; Voluntary neck movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS MUSCLE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPLENIUS CAPITIS MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 45849104578     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0760-4     Document Type: Article

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