Optimal Normalization Tests for Muscle Activation of the Levator Scapulae, Pectoralis Minor, and Rhomboid Major: An Electromyography Study Using Maximum Voluntary Isometric Contractions

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1820-1827

  Castelein, Birgit ^a   Cagnie, Barbara ^a   Parlevliet, Thierry ^a   Danneels, Lieven ^a   Cools, Ann ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Rehabilitation; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVATOR SCAPULAE MUSCLE; MALE; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PECTORALIS MINOR MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; RHOMBOID MAJOR MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; BACK MUSCLE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHOULDER;

ADULT; BACK MUSCLES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 84943768581     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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