Evaluation of the EMG-force relationship of trunk muscles during whole body tilt

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Anders, Christoph ^a   Brose, Gunther ^a   Hofmann, Gunther O ^a   Scholle, Hans Christoph ^a  

^a University Hospital Hannover   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; EMG force relationship; Healthy subjects; Human; Motor control; Trunk muscles; Whole body tilt

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; POLYNOMIALS;

TRUNK MUSCLES; WHOLE BODY TILT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BACK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE;

EID: 38349051059     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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