Reliability of electromyographic power spectral analysis of back muscle endurance in healthy subjects

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Ng, Joseph K F ^a   Richardson, Carolyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY; TRUNK;

EID: 0029881873     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90108-2     Document Type: Article

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