Muscle use during exercise with a mini medicine ball compared to other abdominal exercise modalities

Journal of Applied Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-115

  Petrofsky, Jerrold S ^a   Prowse, Michelle ^a   Lemoine, Marshal ^b   Bartelink, Travis ^b   Batt, Jennifer ^b   Suh, Hye Jin ^a   Furr, Alyson ^a   Jauregui, Ada ^a   Dick, Amy ^a   Retzer, Greg ^a   Harper, Robert A ^a   Bouterie, Ryan ^a   Brown, Jackie ^b   Leyva, Stefanie ^b   Charbonnet, Monique ^b   Stacey, Lana ^b   Bains, Gurinder S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core muscles; Exercise; Exertion; Strengthening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MINI MEDICINE BALL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 49149107035     PISSN: 1537064X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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