Low back muscle fatigue during Sørensen endurance test in patients with chronic low back pain: Relationship between electromyographic spectral compression and anthropometric characteristics

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Suuden E ^a   Ereline, J ^a   Gapeyeva, H ^a   Pääsuke, Mati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Erector spinae muscle; Fatigue; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXHAUSTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER SPECTRUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 44649129225     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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