Muscular contribution to low-back loading and stiffness during standard and suspended push-ups

Human Movement Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-472

  Beach, Tyson A C ^a   Howarth, Samuel J ^a   Callaghan, Jack P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Exercise; Injury prevention; Resistance training; Spine load; Stability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TRAINING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; JOINTS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 44149086891     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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