Heterogeneous mechanomyographic absolute activation of paraspinal muscles assessed by a two-dimensional array during short and sustained contractions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2663-2671

  Madeleine, Pascal ^a   Tuker, Kylie ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Farina, Dario ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Mechanomyography; Spatial dependency; Topographical maps

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MECHANOMYOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DEPENDENCY; TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGRAPHY; SPINE;

EID: 34547742108     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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