Neck proprioception, strength, flexibility, and posture in pilots with and without neck pain history

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 529-535

  Nagai, Takashi ^a   Abt, John P ^a   Sell, Timothy C ^a   Clark, Nicholas C ^a   Smalley, Brian W ^b   Wirt, Michael D ^c   Lephart, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b US Army School of Aviation Medicine   (United States)

^c BLANCHFIELD ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicopter pilots; Neck pain; Neuromuscular and musculoskeletal factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR TRAVEL; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK PAIN; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84898843831     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3874.2014     Document Type: Article

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