Effects of sudden walking perturbations on neuromuscular reflex activity and threedimensional motion of the trunk in healthy controls and back pain symptomatic subjects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Mueller, Juliane ^a   Engel, Tilman ^a   Mueller, Steffen ^a   Stoll, Josefine ^a   Baur, Heiner ^b   Mayer, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACKACHE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE REFLEX; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; RANGE OF MOTION; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SEX; THORAX; TREADMILL; TRUNK; WALKING; WALKING PERTURBATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFLEX; TORSO; WALKING;

EID: 85015893097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174034     Document Type: Article

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