Core muscle strengthening on a portable abdominal machine

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 460-472

  Petrofsky, Jerrold S ^a   Cuneo, Maria ^a   Dial, Russell ^a   Morris, Amy ^b   Pawley, Ashley K ^a   Hill, Jennifer J ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Exertion; Posture; Work

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; MACHINE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SITTING; SUPINE POSITION; WORKLOAD;

EID: 26844565920     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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