Changes in lateral abdominal muscles' thickness immediately after the abdominal drawing-in maneuver and maximum expiration

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-258

  Ishida, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Susumu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maximum expiration; Transverse abdominis; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; EXHALATION; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS MUSCLE;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADOLESCENT; EXERCISE; EXHALATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; SUPINE POSITION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875812042     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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