Long-term electromyographic activity in upper trapezius and low back muscles of women with moderate physical activity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 570-578

  Mork, Paul Jarle ^a   Westgaard, Rolf H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Habitual muscle activity; Long term recording; Postural muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIOCOSTALIS LUMBORUM PARS THORACIS MUSCLE; LONGISSIMUS THORACIS PARS LUMBORUM MUSCLE; LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER;

EID: 23044477373     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00198.2005     Document Type: Article

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