A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Investigation Into the Function of the Deep Cervical Flexors During the Performance of Craniocervical Flexion

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 286-291

  Cagnie, Barbara ^a   D'Hooge, Roseline ^a   Achten, Eric ^b   Cambier, Dirk ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Muscle Contraction; Neck Muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77952554881     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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