Neck muscle strength and mobility of the cervical spine as predictors of neck pain: A prospective 6-year study

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1036-1040

  Salo, Petri ^a   Ylinen, Jari ^a   Kautiainen, Hannu ^b   Häkkinen, Keijo ^c   Häkkinen, Arja ^a,c  

^a Central Finland Health Care District ^*  (Finland)

^b Rheumatism Foundation   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

causality; cervical spine; mobility; neck pain; predictor; strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEISURE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84861531147     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823b405e     Document Type: Article

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