A history of low back pain associates with altered electromyographic activation patterns in response to perturbations of standing balance

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2506-2514

  Jacobs, Jesse V ^a   Henry, Sharon M ^a   Jones, Stephanie L ^a,c   Hitt, Juvena R ^a   Bunn, Janice Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Muscle synergies; Postural responses; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL OBLIQUE; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINAE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRUNK;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; TORSO;

EID: 80755130126     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00296.2011     Document Type: Article

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