Architectural analysis of human abdominal wall muscles: Implications for mechanical function

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 355-362

  Brown, Stephen H M ^a   Ward, Samuel R ^a,b,c   Cook, Mark S ^d   Lieber, Richard L ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal muscles; force length relationship; lumbar spine; muscle; stability; transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; ISOMETRICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; SPINE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952310285     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d12ed7     Document Type: Article

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