An electromyographic study of upper limb adduction force with varying shoulder and elbow postures

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 157-168

  Gil Coury, Helenice ^a   Kumar, Shrawan ^b   Narayan, Yogesh ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Shoulder adduction; Shoulder muscles EMG; Strength measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; ELBOW JOINT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSCILLOMETRY; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; POSTURE; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0345404445     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-6411(97)00016-3     Document Type: Article

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