Age-related sex differences in erector spinae muscle endurance using surface electromyographic power spectral analysis in healthy humans

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1928-1933

  Tsuboi, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishimura, Yukihide ^a   Sakata, Takeshi ^b   Ohko, Hiroshi ^b   Tanina, Hideaki ^a   Kouda, Ken ^a   Nakamura, Takeshi ^a   Umezu, Yuichi ^c   Tajima, Fumihiro ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kitade Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kokura Rehabilitation Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyography; Erector spinae muscle; Muscle fatigue; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BACK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889644168     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.06.060     Document Type: Article

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