Effect of fatigue on torque output and electromyographic measures of trunk muscles during isometric axial rotation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 3 SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 374-381

  Ng, Joseph K F ^a,c   Parnianpour, Mohamad ^b   Richardson, Carolyn A ^a   Kippers, Vaughan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Back; Electromyography; Fatigue; Isometric contraction; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIOCOSTALIS LUMBORUM MUSCLE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SPINE; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TORQUE;

EID: 0037334745     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/apmr.2003.50008     Document Type: Article

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