Relationship between limb movement speed and associated contraction of the trunk muscles

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1220-1230

  Hodges, Paul W ^a   Richardson, Carolyn A ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Acceleration; Lumbar spine; Movement; Posture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; LUMBAR SPINE; POSTURE;

ERGONOMICS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SHOULDER; SPINE;

EID: 0031282068     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187469     Document Type: Article

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