The effect of handedness on electromyographic activity of human shoulder muscles during movement

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 410-419

  Diederichsen, Louise Pyndt ^a   Nørregaard, Jesper ^a   Dyhre Poulsen, Poul ^b   Winther, Annika ^a   Tufekovic, Goran ^a   Bandholm, Thomas ^a   Rasmussen, Lars Raundal ^a   Krogsgaard, Michael ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Handedness; Shoulder joint

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER;

EID: 34249785669     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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