A revised anatomical model of the abdominal musculature for torso flexion efforts

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 973-977

  McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Flexion; Lumbar

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCULATURE; ANATOMY; TORSO FLEXION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; TRUNK; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030199696     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00148-4     Document Type: Article

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