The clinical anatomy of the anterior neck muscles

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The clinical anatomy of the anterior neck muscles

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University of Otago

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Description

The role of the anterior neck muscles in cervical dysfunction has become an area of interest in the physiotherapy literature, resulting in the development of new methods for assessing and treating dysfunction of these muscles. However, these methods are based primarily on electromyographic (EMG) and various imaging studies, and lack a detailed anatomical or biomechanical foundation. The purpose of this work was to examine the morphology and basic biomechanics of the sternocleidomastoid (SCM);...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2008

Creator

Kennedy, Ewan

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/6940

Related subjects

neck / muscle / anatomy / biomechanics / Exceptional Thesis collection

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