Direction-dependent neck and trunk postural reactions during sitting

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 904-912

  St Onge, Nancy ^a,b,c   Côté, Julie N ^c,d   Preuss, Richard A ^b,d   Patenaude, Isabelle ^c,d   Fung, Joyce ^c,d  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Kinetics; Muscle activity; Postural reactions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NECK; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX; TRUNK;

ABDOMEN; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; THORAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054970221     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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