Paraspinal muscle EMG fatigue testing with two methods in healthy volunteers. Reliability in the context of clinical applications

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-266

  Koumantakis, G A ^a   Arnall, F ^a   Cooper, R G ^a   Oldham, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EMG; Low back; Power spectral analysis; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035119048     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(00)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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