Muscle activity during the active straight leg raise (ASLR), and the effects of a pelvic belt on the ASLR and on treadmill walking

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 532-539

  Hu, Hai ^a,b   Meijer, Onno G ^a,c   van Dieën, Jaap H ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^d   Bruijn, Sjoerd M ^a   Strijers, Rob L ^e   Nanayakkara, Prabath W ^e   van Royen, Barend J ^e   Wu, Wenhua ^c   Xia, Chun ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active straight leg raise; Fine wire EMG; Force closure; Pelvic belt; Surface EMG

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE; ABDOMINIS; BICEPS FEMORIS; FINE-WIRE EMG; FORCE CLOSURE; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; PELVIC BELT; PELVIC GIRDLE; SAGITTAL PLANE; SURFACE EMG; TREADMILL WALKING; TRUNK MUSCLE;

ROTATION; SPORTING GOODS; WIRE;

MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACTIVE STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIAC BONE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC BELT; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSOAS MUSCLE; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY VALIDATION; TORQUE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING SPEED;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PELVIS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449084961     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.035     Document Type: Article

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