Spinal stiffness changes throughout the respiratory cycle

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1467-1475

  Shirley, D ^a   Hodges, P W ^b,c   Eriksson, A E M ^d   Gandevia, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Intra abdominal pressure; Lumbar posteroanterior stiffness; Manual therapy; Muscle activity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATION; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 0141567907     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00939.2002     Document Type: Article

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