Specificity of a back muscle exercise machine in healthy and low back pain subjects

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 592-599

  LariviÈre, Christian ^a,b   Da Silva, Rubens A ^b,d   Arsenault, A Bertrand ^b,c   Nadeau, Sylvie ^b,c   Plamondon, Andri ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Roger ^b  

^a Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute Robert Sauve   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Emg; Hamstrings; Muscular endurance; Pain; Rehabilitation; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249142445     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181b96029     Document Type: Article

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