MVC techniques to normalize trunk muscle EMG in healthy women

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Vera Garcia, Francisco J ^a   Moreside, Janice M ^b   McGill, Stuart M ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Maximal isometric contractions; Normalization; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BACK; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 71349083781     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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