Assessment of the validity of the Biering-Sørensen test for measuring back muscle fatigue based on EMG median frequency characteristics of back and hip muscles

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 997-1005

  Coorevits, Pascal ^a,b   Danneels, Lieven ^b   Cambier, Dirk ^b   Ramon, Herman ^c   Vanderstraeten, Guy ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Isometric contraction; Median frequency; Muscle fatigue; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIERING SORENSEN TEST; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; ILIOCOSTALIS LUMBORUM MUSCLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 56249132513     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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