Altered trapezius muscle behavior in individuals with neck pain and clinical signs of scapular dysfunction

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 346-353

  Zakharova Luneva, Evgeniya ^a   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Johnston, Venerina ^a   O'Leary, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Neck Muscles; Neck Pain; Scapula

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MECHANICAL NECK PAIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK PAIN; ROTATION; SCAPULA DYSFUNCTION; SHOULDER DISEASE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAPULA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862848389     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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