Effect of static stretch on fatigue of lumbar muscles induced by prolonged contraction

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Eguchi, Atsuko ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Low back pain; Muscle fatigue static stretch; Power spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542620678     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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