Assessment of the paraspinal muscles of subjects presenting an idiopathic scoliosis: An EMG pilot study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Gaudreault, Nathaly ^a   Bertrand Arsenault, A ^a,b   Larivière, Christian ^a,b,c   Deserres, Sophie J ^d   Rivard, Charles Hilaire ^e  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Inst Rech Robert Sauve S S   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMETRICS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARAMETER; PILOT STUDY; RECORDING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 17844401992     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-14     Document Type: Article

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