Head and shoulder posture affect scapular mechanics and muscle activity in overhead tasks

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 701-709

  Thigpen, Charles A ^a,b   Padua, Darin A ^c   Michener, Lori A ^d   Guskiewicz, Kevin ^c   Giuliani, Carol ^e   Keener, Jay D ^f   Stergiou, Nicholas ^g  

^a Proaxis Therapy   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Washington University Orthopedics   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reaching; Shoulder; Three dimensional kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORWARD HEAD AND ROUNDED SHOULDER POSTURE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SCAPULA; SHOULDER;

EID: 77952959482     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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