Pain-induced changes in the activity of the cervical extensor muscles evaluated by muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 392-397

  Cagnie, Barbara ^a   O'Leary, Shaun ^b   Elliott, James ^c   Peeters, Ian ^a   Parlevliet, Thierry ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical extensor muscles; Experimental pain; muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS MUSCLE; SEMISPINALIS CERVICIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLENIUS CAPITIS MUSCLES; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 79955797744     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31820e11a2     Document Type: Article

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