Morphological changes in the cervical muscles of women with chronic whiplash can be modified with exercise-A pilot study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 772-779

  O'leary, Shaun ^a,b   Jull, Gwendolen ^a   Van Wyk, Luke ^a   Pedler, Ashley ^a   Elliott, James ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; MRI; Muscle degeneration; Rehabilitation; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER GIRDLE; VERTEBRA; WHIPLASH INJURY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; CHRONIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLES; PILOT PROJECTS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WHIPLASH INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943201250     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24612     Document Type: Article

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