Does postural chain muscular stiffness reduce postural steadiness in a sitting posture?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-204

  Hamaoui, Alain ^a   Le Bozec, Serge ^a   Poupard, Laurent ^a   Bouisset, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Muscular stiffness; Posture; Respiration; Spine mobility; Steadiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHIUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; SITTING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33845957408     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.03.012     Document Type: Article

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