Abdominal muscles dominate contributions to vertebral joint stiffness during the push-up

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-139

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exercise; Lumbar spine; Modeling

Indexed keywords

MODELS; STIFFNESS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE; BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; EXERCISE; LUMBAR SPINES; PUSH-UP EXERCISE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; ROTATIONAL STIFFNESS;

MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; JOINT STIFFNESS; KINEMATICS; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUSH UP; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; VERTEBRAL JOINT STIFFNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SPINE;

EID: 52149113819     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.24.2.130     Document Type: Article

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