Abdominal muscle size and symmetry at rest and during abdominal hollowing exercises in healthy control subjects

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-182

  Mannion, Anne F ^a   Pulkovski, N ^b   Toma, V ^b   Sprott, H ^b  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Age; Anthropometry; Gender; Healthy controls; Side differences; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REST; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUPINE POSITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48449089024     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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