Craniocervical orientation affects muscle activation when exercising the cervical extensors in healthy subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1418-1422

  Elliott, James M ^a,b   O'Leary, Shaun P ^a   Cagnie, Barbara ^c   Durbridge, Gail ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^c   Jull, Gwendolen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exercise; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOCERVICAL EXTENSION; CRANIOCERVICAL NEUTRAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING REFLEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; BODY POSTURE; EXERCISE; HEADACHE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; POSTURE;

EID: 77956259110     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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