Delayed onset of transversus abdominus in long-standing groin pain

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2040-2045

  Cowan, Sallie M ^a   Schache, Anthony G ^b   Brukner, Peter ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^c   Coburn, Paul ^d   Crossley, Kay M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Lifecare Physotherapy South Morang ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscle; Australian football; Electromyography; Osteitis pubis; Symphysis joint

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INGUINAL PAIN; INGUINAL REGION; LEG MUSCLE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSTEITIS; PAIN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; REACTION TIME; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GROIN; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PELVIS; SOCCER;

EID: 10044230740     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000147587.81762.44     Document Type: Article

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