Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 139-143 , May 2007

Recruitment of the deep cervical flexor muscles during a postural-correction exercise performed in sitting

  • Deborah Falla

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7D-3, DK-9200 Aalborg, Denmark. Tel.: +4596357459; fax: +4598154008.
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  • Shaun O’Leary

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Amy Fagan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    • ,
  • Gwendolen Jull

      Affiliations

    • Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Received 7 September 2005 ,Revised 6 February 2006 ,Accepted 2 June 2006.

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☆ This research was undertaken in the Division of Physiotherapy, The University of Queensland, Australia.

PII: S1356-689X(06)00078-6

doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.06.003

Manual Therapy
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 139-143 , May 2007

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