Reduced head steadiness in whiplash compared with nontraumatic neck pain

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-41

  Woodhouse, Astrid ^a   Liljeb̈ck, Pal ^b   Vasseljen, Ottar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF ICT   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Head steadiness; Isometric hold; Neck pain; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NECK; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 75649084160     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0484     Document Type: Article

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