Functional assessment of the cervical spine in F-16 pilots with and without neck pain

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 5 PART 1, 2009, Pages 477-481

  Loose, Veerle De ^a   Van Den Oord, Marieke ^a   Burnotte, Frederic ^a   Van Tiggelen, Damien ^a   Stevens, Veerle ^a   Cagnie, Barbara ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a   Witvrouw, Erik ^a  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mobility; Proprioception; Rehabilitation; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK PAIN; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 66949147715     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2408.2009     Document Type: Article

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