Does an asymmetric straddle-legged lifting movement reduce the low-back load?

Human Movement Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 243-259

  De Looze, Michiel P ^a   Dolan, Patricia ^b   Kingma, Idsart ^a   Baten, Chris T M ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Electron myography; Lifting; Low back load; Movement strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000671719     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9457(97)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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