Development of new protocols and analysis procedures for the assessment of LBP by surface EMG techniques

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 415-426

  Oddsson, Lars I E ^a   Giphart, Johan E ^a   Buijs, Rudi J C ^a   Roy, Serge H ^a   Taylor, Howard P ^a,b   De Luca, Carlo J ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Back muscle assessment; Classification; EMG; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

LOW BACK PAIN (LBP); MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION (MVC);

FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031260593     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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