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Fig. 1

From: A pilot investigation of muscle conditioning as a tool to study neck proprioception and vestibular reweighting during head to trunk movement

Fig. 1

Panels A and B, participants were positioned supine; the head piece of the table rotates around the fixed torso section of the table. Panel A, head movement into extension and Panel B, head movement into flexion. Panels C and D, a motorised table where participants were positioned side-lying. Note the fixed head-piece section of the table (Panels C and D) with the motorised trunk piece of the table rotating about the head piece. In panel C a participant lays on their right side. While the head remains fixed, the trunk piece is rotated, extending the neck on the stationery head. In both supine and side-lying postures the fulcrum of movement between head-neck and neck-trunk was the cervico-thoracic junction.

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