Electromyographic activity of the trunk stabilizers during stable and unstable bench press

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-347

  Norwood, Jeff T ^a   Anderson, Gregory S ^a   Gaetz, Michael B ^a   Twist, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

^b Twist Conditioning Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dual instability; Single instability; Weight training

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THORAX; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THORAX; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 34250879659     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/R-17435.1     Document Type: Article

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