Are cervical multifidus muscles active during whiplash and startle? An initial experimental study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Siegmund, Gunter P ^a,b   Blouin, Jean Sébastien ^b   Carpenter, Mark G ^b   Brault, John R ^c   Inglis, J Timothy ^b  

^a MEA Forensic Engineers and Scientists   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MEA Forensic Engineers and Scientists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NECK MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STARTLE REFLEX; WHIPLASH INJURY; ACCELERATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACCELERATION; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; REFLEX; STARTLE REACTION; WEIGHT-BEARING; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 46149108591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-9-80     Document Type: Article

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