Are cervical multifidus muscles active during whiplash and startle? An initial experimental study
Open Access
- 6 June 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Vol. 9 (1) , 80
Abstract
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 whiplash exposure could potentially contribute to injuring the facet capsular ligament. Our goal was to determine the onset latency and activation amplitude of the cervical multifidus muscles to a simulated rear-end collision and a loud acoustic stimuli.Keywords
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