Electromyography study of the portions of the abdominal rectus muscle

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 491-501

  De Faria Negrao, R ^a,b   Berzin F ^a,c   Da Cunha Souza, G ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Federal de Uberlância   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal rectus muscle; Exercise; Kinesiological electromiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIOLOGY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS;

EID: 1842301029     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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