Effect of prolonged walking with backpack loads on trunk muscle activity and fatigue in children

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 990-996

  Hong, Youlian ^a   Li, Jing Xian ^a,b   Fong, Daniel Tik Pui ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Gait; Load carriage; Muscle activity; Muscle fatigue; Schoolbag

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 56249083589     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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