Muscle activity onset in the lumbar multifidus muscle recorded simultaneously by ultrasound imaging and intramuscular electromyography

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 905-913

  Vasseljen, Ottar ^a   Dahl, Haldis Haug ^a   Mork, Paul Jarle ^b   Torp, Hans G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Multifidus; Muscle activity onset; Neuromuscular control; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

MULTIFIDUS; MUSCLE ACTIVITY ONSET; NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIGH PASS FILTERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748702054     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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