An electromyographic comparison of abdominal muscle synergies during curl and double straight leg lowering exercises with control of the pelvic position

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1873-1879

  Shields, Richard K ^a   Heiss, Deborah Givens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Electromyography; Exercise

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031429138     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199708150-00012     Document Type: Article

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