Trunk extensor endurance: Determination and relation to low-back trouble

Ergonomics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1987, Pages 259-267

  Jørgensen, Kurt ^a   Nicolaisen, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Isometric endurance; Low back trouble; MVC; Trunk extensors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; BACKACHE; BIOENGINEERING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BACK; BACK PAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 0023282924     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140138708969704     Document Type: Article

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