Specificity of a back muscle roman chair exercise in healthy and back pain subjects

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 157-164

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

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

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; hamstrings; muscular endurance; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 78650867120     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e96388     Document Type: Article

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