BACKGROUND
Respiratory muscle strength is an important part of lung function. Assessment of the respiratory muscles' ability to generate force is important for recognizing respiratory muscle weakness… (More)
Quantitative documentation of physical deficits such as muscle strength and endurance/fatigue in the cervical spine may provide objective information, not only helping the diagnostic procedures, but… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the reproducibility of measurement for maximum voluntary isometric contractions of the cervical musculature in different movements.
DESIGN
Repeated test-retest measurements.… (More)
Neck pain and headache of cervical origin are complaints affecting an increasing number of the general population. Mechanical factors such as sustained neck postures or movements and long-term… (More)
BACKGROUND
The mechanoreceptors located in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) constitute an afferent source of information toward the central nervous system. It has been proposed that ACL deficiency… (More)
BACKGROUND
Mulligan's mobilisation techniques are thought to increase the range of movement (ROM) in patients with low back pain. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the application of… (More)
INTRODUCTION
The repeatability of subjective and objective assessments of neck muscle fatigue is very important with regard to the clinical applicability of these methods.
METHOD
To establish… (More)
The purpose of this study was to cross-culturally adapt and validate the Greek version of Knee Outcome Survey-Activities of Daily Living Scale (KOS-ADLS), a self-reported instrument used for patients… (More)
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used (1) to describe the pattern of whole brain activity during motion of isolated joints of the lower limb, (2) to examine the somatotopic… (More)