Determining the stabilizing role of individual torso muscles during rehabilitation exercises

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1254-1265

  Kavcic, Natasa ^a   Grenier, Sylvain ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Modeling; Muscles; Spine stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLEGE STUDENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRAINING; TRUNK;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 2542506283     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200406010-00016     Document Type: Article

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