Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages e422-e429 , December 2009

A submaximal test to assess back muscle capacity: Evaluation of construct validity

  • Christian Larivière

      Affiliations

    • Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute Robert-Sauvé, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3C2
    • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR), Montreal Rehabilitation Institute, 6300 Darlington, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3S 2J4
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST), 505, boul. De Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal (Québec), Canada H3A 3C2. Tel.: +1 514 288 1551x217; fax: +1 514 288 6097.
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  • Denis Gravel

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR), Montreal Rehabilitation Institute, 6300 Darlington, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3S 2J4
    • School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
    • ,
  • Phillip Gardiner

      Affiliations

    • HLHP Research Institute, University of Manitoba, Canada
    • ,
  • A. Bertrand Arsenault

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR), Montreal Rehabilitation Institute, 6300 Darlington, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3S 2J4
    • School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
    • ,
  • Denis Gagnon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kinanthropology, University of Sherbrooke, 2500 Boul. Université, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1
    • ,
  • Patrick Loisel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Received 3 July 2008 ,Revised 26 November 2008 ,Accepted 26 November 2008.

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PII: S1050-6411(08)00200-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.11.009

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages e422-e429 , December 2009

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