Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8 , February 2008

Activation of the trapezius muscle during varied forms of Kendall exercises

  • Elissa Kinney

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA
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  • Jodi Wusthoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Amy Zyck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Brian Hatzel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Movement Science, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA
    • ,
  • Dan Vaughn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Therapy, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Tim Strickler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Stephen Glass

      Affiliations

    • Department of Movement Science, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +16163318126; fax: +16163318658.

Received 10 April 2007 ,Revised 5 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 November 2007.

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PII: S1466-853X(07)00108-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2007.11.001

Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 3-8 , February 2008

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