Can increased intra-abdominal pressure in humans be decoupled from trunk muscle co-contraction during steady state isometric exertions?

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-133

  Cholewicki, Jacek ^a   Ivancic, Paul C ^a   Radebold, Andrea ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Intra abdominal pressure; Lumbar spine; Spine compression; Spine stability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING MECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX PRESSURE; WEIGHT BEARING; BACK; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; STATISTICS; THORACIC CAVITY;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; STATISTICS; THORACIC CAVITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036596883     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0598-0     Document Type: Article

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