The effects of abdominal muscle coactivation on lumbar spine stability

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-92

  Gardner Morse, Mack G ^a   Stokes, Ian A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Coactivation; Lumbar spine; Muscles; Stability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; JOINT STABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031932664     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801010-00019     Document Type: Article

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