Postural and respiratory activation of the trunk muscles changes with mode and speed of locomotion

Gait and Posture

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 280-290

  Saunders, Steven W ^a,b   Rath, David ^c   Hodges, Paul W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Saunders Sports and Spinal   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foot strike (FS); Rectus abdominis (RA); Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 17444394495     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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