Reproducibility of rehabilitative ultrasound imaging for the measurement of abdominal muscle activity: A systematic review

Physical Therapy

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 756-769

  Costa, Leonardo Oliveira Pena ^a   Maher, Chris G ^a   Latimer, Jane ^a   Smeets, Rob J E M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Adelante Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMBASE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; REHABILITATIVE ULTRSOUND IMAGING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68249117028     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20080331     Document Type: Review

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