Trunk muscle activity in healthy subjects during bridging stabilization exercises

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Stevens, Veerle K ^a   Bouche, Katie G ^a   Mahieu, Nele N ^a   Coorevits, Pascal L ^a   Vanderstraeten, Guy G ^a   Danneels, Lieven A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; REFERENCE VALUES; TORQUE;

EID: 33749996712     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-75     Document Type: Article

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