Magnetic resonance imaging and electromyography to measure lumbar back muscle activity

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Dickx, Nele ^a   D'Hooge, Roseline ^a   Cagnie, Barbara ^a   Deschepper, Ellen ^a   Verstraete, Koenraad ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EMG; exercise intensity; lumbar paraspinal muscles; muscle function MRI; trunk extension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ETHICS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LINEAR SYSTEM; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRETCHING EXERCISE; VALIDITY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955470013     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d79f02     Document Type: Article

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