Normal shoulder muscular activation and co-ordination during a shoulder elevation task based on activities of daily living: An electromyographic study

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-60

  Hawkes, David H ^a   Alizadehkhaiyat, Omid ^a   Fisher, Anthony C ^a,b   Kemp, Graham J ^a   Roebuck, Margaret M ^a   Frostick, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electromyography; glenohumeral joint; joint stability; muscle activation; shoulder

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELTOID MUSCLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; JOINT STABILITY; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; SUPRASPINATUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TERES MAJOR MUSCLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER JOINT; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555203476     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21482     Document Type: Article

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