Lumbar muscle electromyographic dynamic topography during flexion-extension

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-255

  Hu, Yong ^a   Siu, Stanley HF ^a   Mak, Joseph NF ^a   Luk, Keith DK ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dynamic topography; Low back pain (LBP); Lumbar muscle contraction; Quantitative analysis; Surface electromyography (EMG)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RELATIVE DENSITY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BACK; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 74849112725     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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