Effects of lumbopelvic joint manipulation on quadriceps activation and strength in healthy individuals

Manual Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 415-420

  Grindstaff, Terry L ^a   Hertel, Jay ^a   Beazell, James R ^a   Magrum, Eric M ^a   Ingersoll, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Force output; Manual therapy; Muscle activation; Sacroiliac

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILIZATION; KNEE FUNCTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SITTING; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 67349259597     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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