Trunk response to sudden forward perturbations - Effects of preload and sudden load magnitudes, posture and abdominal antagonistic activation

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 394-403

  Shahvarpour, Ali ^a   Shirazi Adl, Aboulfazl ^a   Mecheri, Hakim ^b   Larivière, Christian ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute Robert Sauve   (Canada)

Author keywords

EMG; Forward perturbation; Preactivation; Reflex; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ANTAGONISTIC PREACTIVATION; ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; LATENT PERIOD; LOADING TEST; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUNK;

EMG; FORWARD PERTURBATION; PREACTIVATION; REFLEX; TRUNK;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACK MUSCLES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; SPINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84899961049     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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