Can activity within the external abdominal oblique be measured using real-time ultrasound imaging?

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 972-979

  John, E K ^a   Beith, I D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromyography; External oblique; Real time ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EXTERNAL OBLIQUE; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THICKNESS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548806910     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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