Relationships of EMG to effort in the trunk under isometric conditions: Force-increasing and decreasing effects and temporal delays

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-15

  Stokes, Ian A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromechanical delay; Electromyography; Lumbar spine; Muscle activation; Trunk muscles

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSES; ELECTROMYOGRAMS (EMG);

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; ELECTRODES; MUSCLE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIOCOSTALIS MUSCLE; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; LONGISSIMUS MUSCLE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; THORAX; TRUNK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BACK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STATISTICS; THORAX;

EID: 9444277111     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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