Location and sequence of muscle onset in deep abdominal muscles measured by different modes of ultrasound imaging

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 994-999

  Westad, Christian ^a   Mork, Paul J ^a   Vasseljen, Ottar ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abdominal muscles; Muscle activity; Onset; Recording methods; Transversus abdominis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; VELOCITY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955174993     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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