Head Posture and Neck Pain of Chronic Nontraumatic Origin: A Comparison Between Patients and Pain-Free Persons

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 669-674

  Silva, Anabela G ^a,b,d   Punt, T David ^a   Sharples, Paul ^a   Vilas Boas, João P ^c   Johnson, Mark I ^a,d  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d Leeds Pallium Research Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head; Neck pain; Posture; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD POSTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NECK PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK PAIN; POSTURE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 63349098670     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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