Postural activity of the abdominal muscles varies between regions of these muscles and between body positions

Gait and Posture

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-301

  Urquhart, Donna M ^a,d   Hodges, Paul W ^b,c   Story, Ian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Motor control; Posture; Regional recruitment; Transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE;

EID: 27744538919     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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