Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 57-62 , May 2009

EMG activation of abdominal muscles in the crunch exercise performed with different external loads

  • Antonio C. Moraes

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Faculdade de Educação Física, UNICAMP, Rua Erico Veríssimo, 701, Caixa Postal 6134, 13.083-851 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. Tel.: +55 19 3521 6648; fax: +55 19 3256 1615.
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  • Ronei S. Pinto

      Affiliations

    • School of Physical Education, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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  • Maria Jose Valamatos

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Human Motricidade, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Maria Joao Valamatos

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Human Motricidade, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Pedro L. Pezarat-Correia

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Human Motricidade, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Alexandre H. Okano

      Affiliations

    • Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio, Brazil
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  • Pedro M. Santos

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Human Motricidade, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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  • Jan M. Cabri

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Human Motricidade, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Received 3 October 2008 ,Revised 15 December 2008 ,Accepted 7 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.01.001

Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume 10, Issue 2 , Pages 57-62 , May 2009

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