Endurance and fatigue characteristics of the neck flexor and extensor muscles during isometric tests in patients with postural neck pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-338

  Edmondston, Stephen ^a   Björnsdóttir, Gudný ^a   Pálsson, Thorvaldur ^a   Solgård, Hege ^a   Ussing, Kasper ^a   Allison, Garry ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Muscle fatigue; Neck pain; Physical endurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; POSTURAL NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THORACIC EXTENSOR MUSCLE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POSTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79958200851     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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