Establishment of a protocol to test fatigue of the trunk muscles

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 731-735

  Corin, G ^b   Strutton, P H ^b   McGregor, A H ^a,b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; RUGBY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCCER; TORQUE;

EID: 26044478236     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.015537     Document Type: Article

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