Transversus abdominis: Changes in thickness during an incremental upper limb exercise test

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 265-273

  McEvoy, Maureen P ^a   Cowling, Adrian J ^a   Fulton, Ian J ^a   Williams, Marie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 46049088140     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593980701773340     Document Type: Article

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