An unstable support surface does not increase scapulothoracic stabilizing muscle activity during push up and push up plus exercises

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 500-506

  Lehman, Gregory J ^a   Gilas, Danielle ^a   Patel, Ushma ^a  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Exercise; Instability; Push ups; Rehabilitation; Swiss ball

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY POSITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSH UP EXERCISE; PUSH UP PLUS EXERCISE; SCAPULOTHORACIC MUSCLE; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 54049157951     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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