Muscle fibre orientation of abdominal muscles and suggested surface EMG electrode positions

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Ng, J K F ^a   Kippers, V ^a   Richardson, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Electrodes; Electromyography; Muscle fibres; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RIB; SPINE; THORAX;

EID: 0031907925     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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