The response of the transverse abdominis and internal oblique muscles to different postures

Manual Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-60

  Ainscough Potts, Anne Marie ^a   Morrissey, Matthew C ^a   Critchley, Duncan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Posture; Ultrasound scanning

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION;

EID: 31044452722     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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