Perturbed upper limb movements cause short-latency postural responses in trunk muscles

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 243-250

  Hodges, P W ^a,b   Cresswell, A G ^a   Thorstensson, A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Human; Postural control; Trunk stability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ARM; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0035034231     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210100693     Document Type: Article

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