Rehabilitative ultrasound measurement of select trunk muscle activation during induced pain

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 132-138

  Kiesel, Kyle B ^a   Uhl, Tim ^a   Underwood, Frank B ^b   Nitz, Arthur J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar multifidus; Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging; Transverse abdominis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 40849142434     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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