EMG activity of medial and lateral hamstrings at three positions of tibial rotation during low-force isometric knee flexion contractions

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 215-222

  Fiebert, Ira M ^a   Roach, Kathryn E ^a   Fingerhut, Bonni ^a   Levy, Jill ^a   Schumacher, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Hamstrings; Isometric; Manual muscle test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TIBIA;

EID: 0030841945     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-1997-8306     Document Type: Article

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