Reduced quadriceps activation after lumbar paraspinal fatiguing exercise

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-86

  Hart, Joseph M ^a,c   Fritz, Julie M ^b   Kerrigan, D Casey ^a   Saliba, Ethan N ^a   Gansneder, Bruce M ^a   Ingersoll, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Quadriceps muscle inhibition; Superimposed burst technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 33646181860     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: 10626050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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