Influence of back muscle fatigue on lumbar reflex adaptation during sudden external force perturbations

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-432

  Dupeyron, Arnaud ^a,b   Perrey, Stéphane ^a   Micallef, Jean Paul ^a,c   Pélissier, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

EMG activity; Muscle fatigue; Postural responses; Trunk stability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRUNK STABILITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 77951091048     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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