It appears that patients with tension-type headache (TTH) have relatively weak neck extension muscles, a new study shows. Researchers found that these patients are 26% weaker than controls with ...

Lawrence W. Schneider, David R. Foust, Bruce M. Bowman, Richard G. Snyder, Don B. Chaffin, Thomas A. Abdelnour, Janet K. Baum https://www.jstor.org/stable/44633649 ...

Flexion is the movement of a joint that increases the angle between the joint and the body part. Movement of a body part to the side is called lateral flexion. This type of movement is commonly ...

TRAINING EFFECTIVELY MEANS training smart. There are plenty of gym-centric terms floating around the fitness zeitgeist that won’t necessarily help you become stronger or build more muscle, especially ...

Poor posture is the scourge ofour times. We spend morehours slouched in front of acomputer screen than any previousgeneration. Not surprisingly,neck and shoulder problemshave become increasingly ...

Background The prevalence of CNP increases year by year, affecting the life and work of its patients. At present, there is little comparative analysis of static and dynamic electromyography (EMG) of ...

If we examine the neck's anatomy, there are seven bony vertebrae that make up the spinal column in your neck or cervical spine. Shock absorbers are the flexible cartilage discs located between each ...

Mechanical stimulation, including finger pressure on discrete areas of the chest wall and neck, triggered reproducible coughing in about 50% of patients with chronic cough, indicating that chronic ...

Toronto Raptors centre Jonas Valanciunas has been diagnosed with a flexion extension injury of the neck and will be re-evaluated Thursday. The rookie spent the night in a Chicago hospital after ...