Surface electromyography activity of trunk muscles during wheelchair propulsion

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1032-1041

  Yang, Yu Sheng ^a,b,d   Koontz, Alicia M ^a,b   Triolo, Ronald J ^c   Mercer, Jennifer L ^a,b   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Manual wheelchair; Muscle recruitment; Spinal cord injury; Trunk control; Trunk stability; Wheelchair propulsion

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; DYNAMOMETERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; WHEELCHAIRS;

MUSCLE STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; TRUNK MUSCLES;

MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 33750632450     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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