Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 393-401 , July 2005

Cervical Muscle Response to Head Rotation in Whiplash-Type Right Lateral Impacts

  • Shrawan Kumar, PhD, DSc, FErgS

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G4
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Shrawan Kumar, PhD, DSc, FErgS, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, 3-75 Corbett Hall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G4.
    • ,
  • Robert Ferrari, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G4
    • ,
  • Yogesh Narayan, BSc(EE), PEng

      Affiliations

    • Research Engineer, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G4

Received 22 June 2004

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  8. Kumar S, Narayan Y, Amell T. An electromyographic study of low-velocity rear-end impacts. Spine. 2002;27:1044–1055
  9. Kumar S, Narayan Y, Amell T. Analysis of low-velocity frontal impacts. Clin Biomech. 2003;18:694–703
  10. Kumar S, Ferrari R, Narayan Y. Electromyographic and kinematic exploration of whiplash-type neck pertubations in left lateral collisions. Spine. 2004;29:650–659
  11. Kumar S, Ferrari R, Narayan Y. Electromyographic and kinematic exploration of whiplash-type left anterolateral impacts. J Spinal Dis. 2004;17:412–422
  12. Kumar S, Narayan Y, Amell T. Cervical strength of young adults in sagittal, coronal, and intermediate planes. Clin Biomech. 2001;6:380–388
  13. Kumar S, Narayan Y, Amell T, Ferrari R. Electromyography of superficial cervical muscles with exertions in sagittal, coronal, and oblique planes. Eur Spine J. 2002;11:27–37
  14. Kumar S, Ferrari R, Narayan Y. Cervical muscle response to whiplash-type right lateral impacts. Spine. 2004;29:E479–E487

 Sources of support: No external funding was received for this study.

PII: S0161-4754(05)00175-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2005.06.014

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 393-401 , July 2005

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