Measurement of cervical sensorimotor control: The reliability of a continuous linear movement test

Manual Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 399-404

  Michiels, Sarah ^a,b   Hallemans, Ann ^a,b   Van de Heyning, Paul ^a,b   Truijen, Steven ^a   Stassijns, Gaetane ^a,b   Wuyts, Floris ^a,b   De Hertogh, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Measurement; Reliability; Sensorimotor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTINUOUS LINEAR MOVEMENT TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HEAD REPOSITIONING ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JERK INDEX; KINEMATICS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NECK MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84920879667     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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