Validity and reliability of ultrasonography for the longus colli in asymptomatic subjects

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-426

  Cagnie, Barbara ^a   Derese, Erwin ^a   Vandamme, Leen ^a   Verstraete, Koenraad ^b   Cambier, Dirk ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Longus colli; Reliability; Ultrasonography; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK PAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67349110808     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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