Muscle Activation During Four Pilates Core Stability Exercises in Quadruped Position

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-92

  Queiroz, Bergson C ^a   Cagliari, Mariana F ^a   Amorim, César F ^b   Sacco, Isabel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Exercise therapy; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DYSMETRIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HIP; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PELVIS; PILATES; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TRUNK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 73049115106     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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