Motor control patterns during an active straight leg raise in pain-free subjects

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Beales, Darren John ^a   O'Sullivan, Peter Bruce ^a   Briffa, N Kathryn ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active straight leg raise; Intra abdominal pressure; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; THORAX PRESSURE; THORAX WALL; INNERVATION; LEG; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 61749086229     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318188b9dd     Document Type: Article

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