Effects of abdominal belts on intra-abdominal pressure, intramuscular pressure in the erector spinae muscles and myoelectrical activities of trunk muscles

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-87

  Miyamoto, Kei ^a   Iinuma, Nobuki ^a   Maeda, Masato ^a   Wada, Eiji ^a   Shimizu, Katsuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal belt; Erector spinae; Intra abdominal pressure; Intra muscular pressure; Isometric; Lifting; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

ABDOMINAL BELTS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; INTRA-MUSCULAR PRESSURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PRESSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; VALSALVA MANEUVER; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0033083380     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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