The use of real-time ultrasound feedback in teaching abdominal hollowing exercises to healthy subjects

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 338-345

  Henry, Sharon M ^a   Westervelt, Karen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor learning; Transversus abdominis; Trunk exercises; Trunk stabilization

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HOLLOWING EXERCISE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PALPATION; PALPATION FEEDBACK; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SKILL; SPINE STABILIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TRUNK EXERCISE; TRUNK STABILIZATION; TRUNK STABILIZATION EXERCISE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 20044376113     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2005.35.6.338     Document Type: Article

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