Abdominal hollowing and lateral abdominal wall muscles' activity in both healthy men & women: An ultrasonic assessment in supine and standing positions

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-113

  Manshadi, Farideh Dehghan ^a,b   Parnianpour, Mohamad ^c,d   Sarrafzadeh, Javad ^a   Azghani, Mahmood reza ^e   Kazemnejad, Anooshirvan ^f  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^f TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal Hollowing; Abdominal wall muscles; Posture; Rehabilitative Ultrasonic Imaging; Supine; Upright standing

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HOLLOWING MANEUVER; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; SUPINE POSITION; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 78649933754     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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