Functional reorganization of cervical flexor activity because of induced muscle pain evaluated by muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 470-475

  Cagnie, B ^a   Dirks, R ^a   Schouten, M ^a   Parlevliet, T ^a   Cambier, D ^a   Danneels, L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical flexor muscles; Experimental pain; Muscle functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL FLEXOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOCERVICAL FLEXION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN;

EID: 80052028680     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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