A review of the literature related to trunk muscle performance

Spine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 655-660

  Beimborn, David S ^a,b   Morrissey, Matthew C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Physical Therapy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; Spinal pathology; Strength hierarchy; Trunk muscle strength

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE;

BACK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0023770690     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198813060-00010     Document Type: Article

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