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Functional Anatomy of the Muscles of the Anterolateral Abdominal Wall: Electromyography and Histoenzymology

Relationship Between Abdominal Wall Activity and Intra-abdominal Pressure

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Surgery of the Abdominal Wall

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The descriptive anatomy and pathology of the abdominal wall are well known to surgeons and specialists in functional rehabilitation. Conversely, few studies have been devoted to the anatomophysiological features of the parietal muscles, and little progress has been made regarding the functional anatomy of the recti abdomini and flat abdominal muscles (the transverse and internal and external obliques).

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  1. Service de Chirurgie Générale et Digestive, Hôpital Avicenne, Université Paris 13, 125 Route de Stalingrad, F-93009, Bobigny, France

    Jean Paul Chevrel

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Caix, M. (1987). Functional Anatomy of the Muscles of the Anterolateral Abdominal Wall: Electromyography and Histoenzymology. In: Chevrel, J.P. (eds) Surgery of the Abdominal Wall. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10164-3_2

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