Marked effects of pilates on the abdominal muscles: A longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1589-1594

  Dorado, Cecilia ^a   Calbet, Jose A L ^a   Lopez Gordillo, Ana ^a   Alayon, Santiago ^b   Sanchis Moysi, Joaquin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Hospital San Roque Maspalomas   (Spain)

Author keywords

abdominal wall; asymmetry; low back; muscle hypertrophy; Pilates

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84863980612     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824fb6ae     Document Type: Article

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