Surface electromyography assessment of back muscle intrinsic properties

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 305-318

  Larivière, Christian ^a   Arsenault, A Bertrand ^b   Gravel, Denis ^b   Gagnon, Denis ^c   Loisel, Patrick ^d  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute Robert Sauve   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back muscles; Dynamometry; Electromyography; Fatigue; Impairment evaluation; Low back pain; Muscle composition; Recovery; Reliability; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE MOBILITY;

EID: 0038730830     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(03)00039-7     Document Type: Article

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