Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 28-33 , January 2007

Task dependency in back muscle fatigue – Correlations between two test methods

  • Britt Elfving

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy 23 100, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83 Huddinge, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Åsa Dedering

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy 23 100, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83 Huddinge, Sweden
    • Department of Physical Therapy, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 8 September 2005 ,Accepted 22 August 2006.

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PII: S0268-0033(06)00160-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.08.007

Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 28-33 , January 2007

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