Reliability of electromyographic amplitude values of the upper limb muscles during closed kinetic chain exercises with stable and unstable surfaces

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 685-694

  de Araújo, Rodrigo Cappato ^a   Tucci, Helga Tatiana ^b   de Andrade, Rodrigo ^b   Martins, Jaqueline ^b   Bevilaqua Grossi, Débora ^b   de Oliveira, Anamaria Siriani ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Closed kinetic chain; Electromyography; Exercises; Reliability; Swiss ball

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLOSED KINETIC CHAIN EXERCISE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 67349157069     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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