MRI study of the morphometry of the cervical musculature in F-16 pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 727-731

  De Loose, Veerle ^a   Van Den Oord, Marieke ^a,b   Keser, Ilke ^a,c   Burnotte, Frédéric ^a   Van Tiggelen, Damien ^a   Dumarey, Alexandre ^a   Cagnie, Barbara ^a,d   Witvrouw, Erik ^a,d   Danneels, Lieven ^a  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Center for Man in Aviation   (Netherlands)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cross sectional area; Neck muscles; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249087873     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2389.2009     Document Type: Article

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