Muscle activity in upper and lower rectus abdominus during abdominal exercises

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1293-1297

  Sarti, Maria A ^a,b   Monfort, Manuel ^a   Fuster, Maria A ^a   Villaplana, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030461597     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(96)90195-1     Document Type: Article

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