Core stability exercises on and off a Swiss ball

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-249

  Marshall, Paul W ^a   Murphy, Bernadette A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Electromyography; Exercise; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 13444280206     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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