Neck strength, position sense, and motion in military helicopter crew with and without neck pain

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-51

  Van Den Oord, Marieke H A H ^a   De Loose, Veerle ^b   Sluiter, Judith K ^c   Frings Dresen, Monique H W ^c  

^a Center for Man in Aviation   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical pain; Neck function; Rotary wing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MOTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK; NECK PAIN; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK; NECK PAIN; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 74049111884     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2602.2010     Document Type: Article

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