Electric efficiency of the erector spinae in high performance amateur tennis players

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-416

  Renkawitz, T ^a,b   Linhardt, O ^a   Grifka, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b Asklepios Klinikum Bad Abbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Exercise; Muscles; Rehabilitation; Sports; Tennis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENNIS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; TENNIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649101953     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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