Effect of seated trunk posture on eye blink startle and subjective experience: Comparing flexion, neutral upright posture, and extension of spine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ceunen, Erik ^a   Zaman, Jonas ^a   Vlaeyen, Johan W S ^a,b   Dankaerts, Wim ^a   Van Diest, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SITTING; SPINE MOBILITY; STANDING; STARTLE REFLEX; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VOLUNTEER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLINKING; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFLEX, STARTLE; SPINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895521530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088482     Document Type: Article

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