Relationships among lateral abdominal muscles, gender, body mass index, and hand dominance

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 289-297

  Springer, Barbara A ^a   Mielcarek, Billie J ^b   Nesfield, Tiffany K ^c   Teyhen, Deydre S ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Army Medical Department Center and School   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low back pain; Lumbar stabilization; Real time ultrasound imaging; Sonography; Transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; SPINE STABILIZATION; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33646434538     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2006.2217     Document Type: Article

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