Differential activity of regions of transversus abdominis during trunk rotation

European Spine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-400

  Urquhart, Donna M ^a,b   Hodges, Paul W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Electromyography; Regional recruitment; Transversus abdominis; Trunk rotation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SITTING; SPINAL PAIN; THORAX; TRUNK;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION;

EID: 21344452321     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0799-9     Document Type: Article

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