The sit-up: Complex kinematics and muscle activity in voluntary axial movement

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-252

  Cordo, P J ^a   Gurfinkel, V S ^a   Smith, T C ^a   Hodges, P W ^b   Verschueren, S M P ^c   Brumagne, S ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Axial movement; Coordination; EMG; Human; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0037410081     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(03)00023-3     Document Type: Article

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