Code
01D30812
Duration
01 October 2012 → 30 September 2017
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Orthopaedics
- Orthopaedics
- Human movement and sports sciences
- Rehabilitation sciences
- Orthopaedics
Keywords
MRI
scapular muscles
EMG
Project description
The overall goal is to evaluate the amount and timing of activation of the different shoulder girdle muscles, in a sample of patients with chronic neck pain and shoulder pain compared to healthy subjects. All muscles surrounding the scapula will be examined during several tasks using 2 methods of investigation: Electromyography (surface and fine-wire) and Muscle functional MRI.