Feedforward contraction of transversus abdominis is not influenced by the direction of arm movement

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 362-370

  Hodges, P W ^a   Richardson, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Anticipatory postural adjustments; Movement; Preprogramming; Trunk control

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SHOULDER; STANDING; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030946683     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005644     Document Type: Article

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