Timing of back muscles during whole-body vibration with transients - Its significance for the internal spinal load

Journal of Low Frequency Noise and Vibration

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-225

  Blüthner, Ralph ^a   Seidel, Helmut ^a   Hinz, Barbara ^a   Schust, Marianne ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

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EID: 0011958591     PISSN: 02630923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026309239801700405     Document Type: Article

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