Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 375-380 , July 2004

Electromyographic Responses of Paraspinal Muscles to Postural Disturbance with Special Reference to Scoliotic Children

  • Claude Perret, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Laboratory of Psychophysiology (UFR7), University Paris 8, and Institut Franco-Europe de Chiropractique, France
  • Jean Robert, DC

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationJean Robert, DC, 2 Micheli-du-Crest, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland
    • Director, Swiss Institute of Chiropractic, Bern, Switzerland

Received 26 February 2001 ,Revised 29 March 2001 ,Accepted 19 March 2003.

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☆ This work was supported by a grant from the European Chiropractors' Union (ECURF).

PII: S0161-4754(04)00096-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2004.05.001

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 27, Issue 6 , Pages 375-380 , July 2004

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