A comparison of ultrasound and electromyography measures of force and activation to examine the mechanics of abdominal wall contraction

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-123

  Brown, Stephen H M ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Abdominals; Composite; EMG; Obliques; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE; ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; CORRESPONDING MEASURES; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; MUSCLE LAYERS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; SURFACE EMG; TRUNK POSTURES; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; MECHANICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 73749083953     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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