Association between intensity of pain and impairment in onset and activation of the deep cervical flexors in patients with persistent neck pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-314

  Falla, Deborah ^a,b,c   Oleary, Shaun ^d   Farina, Dario ^a,b   Jull, Gwendolen ^d  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

craniocervical flexion; longus capitis; longus colli; Neck pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEEP CERVICAL FLEXOR MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 79954644123     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31820212cf     Document Type: Article

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