Electromyographic analysis of grand-plie in ballet and modern dancers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1708-1720

  Trepman, Elly ^a   Gellman, Richard E ^b   Micheli, Lyle J ^b   De Luca, Carlo J ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dance; Electromyography; Motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DANCING; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; DANCING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HEEL; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; METATARSAL BONES; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOES;

EID: 0032421311     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199812000-00009     Document Type: Article

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