Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 445-450 , October 2010

Head movement kinematics during rapid aiming task performance in healthy and neck-pain participants: The importance of optimal task difficulty

  • Martin Descarreaux

      Affiliations

    • Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Titulaire de la Chaire de Recherche en Chiropratique FRCQ – Systeme Platinum, Departement de Chiropratique 3613 Pavillon de Chiropratique, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada G9A 5H7
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Steven R. Passmore

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • New York Chiropractic College, Seneca Falls, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Vincent Cantin

      Affiliations

    • Département des sciences de l'activité physique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

Received 29 October 2009 ,Revised 16 February 2010 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2010.02.009

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 5 , Pages 445-450 , October 2010

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