Quantitative end qualitative analysis of the electrical activity of rectus abdominis muscle portions

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 305-314

  De Faria Negrão Filho, Rúben ^a   Berzin F ^b   Da Cunha Souza, G ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Exercise; Rectus abdominis muscle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; ISOTONIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOELECTRICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0041932481     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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