A tissue velocity ultrasound imaging investigation of the dorsal neck muscles during resisted isometric extension

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 567-573

  Peolsson, Anneli ^a   Brodin, Lars Åke ^b   Peolsson, Michael ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Neck muscles; Recruitment pattern; Tissue velocity imaging; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE VELOCITY ECHOGRAPHY; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958110324     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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