Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 567-573 , December 2010

A tissue velocity ultrasound imaging investigation of the dorsal neck muscles during resisted isometric extension

  • Anneli Peolsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +46 13 221798; fax: +46 13 221706.
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  • Lars-Åke Brodin

      Affiliations

    • School for Technology and Health, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Michael Peolsson

      Affiliations

    • School for Technology and Health, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

Received 3 November 2009 ,Revised 20 May 2010 ,Accepted 21 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.math.2010.06.007

Manual Therapy
Volume 15, Issue 6 , Pages 567-573 , December 2010

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