An ultrasound investigation into the morphology of the human abdominal wall uncovers complex deformation patterns during contraction

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1021-1030

  Brown, Stephen H M ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Biomechanics; Connective tissue; Oblique; Poisson's ratio; Spine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE;

EID: 56049102350     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-008-0858-8     Document Type: Article

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