Assessment of spinal musculature using surface electromyographic spectral color mapping

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1768-1774

  Greenough, Charles G ^a,b   Oliver, Chris W ^a   Jones, A Patrick C ^b  

^a SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Median frequency; Recurrent back pain; Rehabilitation; Spectral color mapping; Spectral half width; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECURRENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032528958     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199808150-00009     Document Type: Article

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