Spatio-temporal evaluation of neck muscle activation during postural perturbations in healthy subjects

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 463-474

  Falla, D ^a   Rainoldi, A ^b,c   Merletti, R ^b   Jull, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Feed forward; Neck muscle; Postural control

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2542491216     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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