Quantifying the effect of age on passive range of motion of the cervical spine in healthy working-age women

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 478-483

  Salo, Petri K ^a,b   Hakkinen, Arja H ^a,b   Kautiainen, Hannu ^c   Yunen, Jari J ^a  

^a Central Finland Health Care District   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cervical motion; Female; Neck

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649980772     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2009.2933     Document Type: Article

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