A biomechanical model of the lumbar spine during upright isometric flexion, extension, and lateral bending

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-433

  Guzik, David C ^a   Keller, Tony S ^a   Szpalski, Marek ^b   Park, Jane H ^c   Spengler, Dan M ^c  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

^b Centre Hospitalier Moliere Longchamp   (Belgium)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extension; human lumbar spine; isometric flexion; lateral flexion; magnetic resonance imaging; muscle gain; vertebral density

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030067007     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199602150-00005     Document Type: Article

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