External perturbation of the trunk in standing humans differentially activates components of the medial back muscles

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 547, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 581-587

  Moseley, G Lorimer ^b,c,d   Hodges, Paul W ^a,c   Gandevia, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACK MUSCLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL PERTURBATION; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFLEX; THORACIC ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARM; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; THORAX; VOLITION; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0037338497     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.024950     Document Type: Review

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