Are cervical multifidus muscles active during whiplash and startle? An initial experimental study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The cervical multifidus muscles insert onto the lower cervical facet capsular ligaments and the cervical facet joints are the source of pain in some chronic whiplash patients. Reflex activation of the multifidus muscle during a whipl...

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Main Authors: Carpenter Mark G, Blouin Jean-Sébastien, Siegmund Gunter P, Brault John R, Inglis J Timothy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/9/80