Muscle activity influence on the kinematics of the cervical spine in frontal tests.

Conclusions: The sternocleidomastoid muscle force is mainly associated with the horizontal head acceleration and influences the onset of the flexion and translation motion. To summarize, these temporal correlations allow the conclusion that the semispinalis capitis muscle force is mainly associated with the angular head acceleration and influences the duration of the flexion and translation motion.
PMID: 23859764 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - July 21, 2013 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Dehner C, Schick S, Kraus M, Scola A, Hell W, Kramer M Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research