Date of Award
2002
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science Honours
Faculty
Faculty of Communications, Health and Science
First Supervisor
Dr Fiona Naumann
Second Supervisor
Dr Angus Burnett
Abstract
The purpose of this study WHS to determine if increases in isometric cervical muscle strength and range of movement (ROM) generated from ten weeks of training on the Multi-cervical unit (MCU) is significantly greater than the increase gained by training with the dynaband. The high rate of neck injury in the Air Force from pilots exposed to high +Gz force has instigated this research. 32 healthy subjects were split into three groups, with one group as the control, one group training on the MCU and one group training on the dynaband. Training groups completed ten weeks of resistance training in their specified mode. Pre and post testing was performed on the MCU to measure changes in isometric strength and ROM. Comparisons were made using a one way ANOVA (p
Recommended Citation
Price, R. S. (2002). A comparison of training methods to increase neck muscle strength [thesis]. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/539