Trunk muscle reactions to sudden unexpected and expected perturbations in the absence of upright postural demand

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-392

  Eriksson Crommert, A E Martin ^a,c   Thorstensson, Alf ^b,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Perturbation; Spine control; Transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; LATENT PERIOD; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; TRUNK;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649464216     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-1860-z     Document Type: Article

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