How the inherent stiffness of the in vivo human trunk varies with changing magnitudes of muscular activation

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-22

  Brown, Stephen H M ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Abdominal wall; Spine; Torso

Indexed keywords

BIOFEEDBACK; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; HUMAN TRUNK; MUSCULAR ACTIVATION; TORSO STIFFNESS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FRICTION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TRUNK;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 37349045310     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.08.011     Document Type: Article

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