Trunk muscle activity during exercises performed on land and in water

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1927-1932

  Bressel, Eadric ^a   Dolny, Dennis G ^a   Gibbons, Mandi ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic therapy; Biomechanics; core muscles; EMG; low back pain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052964669     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318219dae7     Document Type: Article

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