Quantification of Lumbar Stability by Using 2 Different Abdominal Activation Strategies

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-62

  Grenier, Sylvain G ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a Faculty of Applied Health Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Back injuries; Low back pain; Motor skills; Rehabilitation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE STABILIZATION; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33845870646     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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