Toward a better prescription of the prone back extension exercise to strengthen the back muscles

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 226-232

  Plamondon, André ^a   Marceau, C ^a   Stainton, S ^a   Desjardins, P ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Low back; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 0033176256     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00238.x     Document Type: Article

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