Physiotherapy
Volume 95, Issue 1 , Pages 8-14 , March 2009

Reliability of a test measuring transversus abdominis muscle recruitment with a pressure biofeedback unit

  • Katharina von Garnier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Kirstin Köveker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Berid Rackwitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Ulrike Kober

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Sabine Wilke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Thomas Ewert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ,
  • Gerold Stucki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • ICF Research Branch of the WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications at the German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI), Institute for Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
    • Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ludwig-Maximilian University, Marchioninistraße 15, 81377 Munich, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 7095 4050; fax: +49 89 7095 8836.

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PII: S0031-9406(08)00139-9

doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2008.10.003

Physiotherapy
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