Does muscle morphology change in chronic neck pain patients? - A systematic review

Manual Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 42-49

  De Pauw, R ^a   Coppieters, I ^a   Kregel, J ^a   De Meulemeester, K ^a   Danneels, L ^a   Cagnie, B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Fatty infiltration; Muscle morphology; Neck pain; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPLENIUS CAPITIS MUSCLE; SPLENIUS CERVICUS MUSCLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; WHIPLASH INJURY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC PAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84960814869     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2015.11.006     Document Type: Review

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