Differential respiratory activity of four abdominal muscles in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1379-1389

  Abe, Tadashi ^b   Kusuhara, Noriyuki ^b   Yoshimura, Naotaka ^b   Tomita, Tomoyuki ^b   Easton, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

carbon dioxide; electromyogram fine wire electrode; expiratory muscle; external oblique; internal oblique; postexpiratory expiratory activity; posture; rectus abdominis; respiratory muscle; transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING PATTERN; EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE;

EID: 0029877452     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1996.80.4.1379     Document Type: Article

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