Reliability of a functional clinical test battery evaluating postural control, proprioception and trunk muscle activity

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 727-736

  Stevens, Veerle K ^a,b   Bouche, Katie G ^a   Mahieu, Nele N ^a   Cambier, Dirk C ^a   Vanderstraeten, Guy G ^a   Danneels, Lieven A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Functional Stability; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Test Battery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POSTURE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 33747693138     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000233180.88299.f6     Document Type: Article

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