Myofascial force transmission between the latissimus dorsi and gluteus maximus muscles: An in vivo experiment

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1003-1007

  Carvalhais, Viviane Otoni do Carmo ^a   Ocarino, Juliana de Melo ^a   Araújo, Vanessa Lara ^a   Souza, Thales Rezende ^a   Silva, Paula Lanna Pereira ^a   Fonseca, Sérgio Teixeira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gluteus maximus; Latissimus dorsi; Myofascial force transmission; Thoracolumbar fascia

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR POSITIONS; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETERS; LATISSIMUS DORSI; MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; PASSIVE STIFFNESS; THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; STIFFNESS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCIA; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION;

EID: 84875245420     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.11.044     Document Type: Article

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