Effects of different levels of torso coactivation on trunk muscular and kinematic responses to posteriorly applied sudden loads

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 443-455

  Vera Garcia, Francisco J ^a   Brown, Stephen H M ^a   Gray, John R ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cocontraction; Electromyography; Spine compression; Spine stability; Sudden loading

Indexed keywords

BONE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

COCONTRACTION; SPINE COMPRESSION; SPINE STABILITY; SUDDEN LOADING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; COMPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REFLEX; THORAX; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33646078349     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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