On the use of EMG-ratios to assess the coordination of back muscles

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1209-1219

  Larivière, Christian ^a,c   Arsenault, A Bertrand ^b,c  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute Robert Sauve   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Back pain; Dynamometry; Force level; Lumbar impairment; Reliability; Subcutaneous tissue thickness; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMOMETERS; ELECTROLYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SHRINKAGE;

BACK PAIN; DYNAMOMETRY; FORCE LEVEL; LUMBAR IMPAIRMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE THICKNESS; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THICKNESS;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 56249147764     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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