Muscle activity in professional classical singing: A study on muscles in the shoulder, neck and trunk

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 56-65

  Pettersen, Viggo ^a   Westgaard, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Biofeedback (BF); Electromyography (EMG); EMG loading; Intercostals; Rectus abdominis; Sternocleidomastoideus; Trapezius

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LOADING TEST; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SHOULDER; SINGING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSIC; NECK MUSCLES; PHONATION; PREGNANCY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOULDER; STUDENTS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 3142730735     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430410031661     Document Type: Article

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