Standard maximum isometric voluntary contraction tests for normalizing shoulder muscle EMG

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1591-1597

  Boettcher, Craig E ^a   Ginn, Karen A ^a   Cathers, Ian ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EMG; MVC; Normalization; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMUM ISOMETRIC VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION TEST; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHOULDER; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749177211     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20675     Document Type: Article

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